SOLUTION: How do you find the speed of the plane is still weather?
As in "A jet plane flies 5 hours west with a 60 MPH headwind. The plane returns east with a tailwind and the round trip
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As in "A jet plane flies 5 hours west with a 60 MPH headwind. The plane returns east with a tailwind and the round trip
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Question 727828: How do you find the speed of the plane is still weather?
As in "A jet plane flies 5 hours west with a 60 MPH headwind. The plane returns east with a tailwind and the round trip took 9 hours of flying" Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The plane moves at a certain speed (in mph) relative to the air.
That is the speed of the plane in still air.
When the plane flies into a 60 mph headwind, its speed relative to the ground is .
In 5 hours covers a distance of miles.
When the plane flies with a 60 mph tailwind, its speed relative to the ground is .
The return trip lasts 4 hours (9 hours total time - 5 hours = 4 hours).
During the 4-hour return trip the plane covers miles.
Since the distance going West and the distance returning are the same,
