SOLUTION: Flying with the wind, a plane flew 960 mi in 4 h. Against the wind, the plane required 6 h to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind
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Question 371417: Flying with the wind, a plane flew 960 mi in 4 h. Against the wind, the plane required 6 h to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The "rate in calm air" is the airspeed.
It's the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
