SOLUTION: An airplane travels 1800 miles in 2.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 3 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the s
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Question 919028: An airplane travels 1800 miles in 2.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 3 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the still wind, and the speed of the wind. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane travels 1800 miles in 2.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 3 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the still wind, and the speed of the wind.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds. The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
The windspeed = difference between groundspeed and airspeed.
