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An airplane takes 3 hours to travel a distance of 2160 miles with the wind . The return trip take 4 hours against the wind . Find the speed of the
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An airplane takes 3 hours to travel a distance of 2160 miles with the wind . The return trip take 4 hours against the wind . Find the speed of the airplane in still air and the speed of the wind Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane takes 3 hours to travel a distance of 2160 miles with the wind . The return trip take 4 hours against the wind . Find the speed of the airplane in still air and the speed of the wind
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Find the speed upwind, and the speed downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of those 2.
The windspeed is the difference between the airspeed and the groundspeed.
