SOLUTION: An airplane can fly with the wind a distance of 720 miles in 4 hours. However, the return wind takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind
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Question 820548: An airplane can fly with the wind a distance of 720 miles in 4 hours. However, the return wind takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the plane 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 can fly with the wind a distance of 720 miles in 4 hours. However, the return wind takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind
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Find the 2 groundspeeds.
The airspeed is the average of the 2.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
