SOLUTION: A plane flew from its home base to an airport 600 miles away. With a head wind, the trip took 3 hours. The return trip with a tail wind took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane an
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Question 921793: A plane flew from its home base to an airport 600 miles away. With a head wind, the trip took 3 hours. The return trip with a tail wind took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A plane flew from its home base to an airport 600 miles away. With a head wind, the trip took 3 hours. The return trip with a tail wind took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind.
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Find the groundspeeds upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
