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Question 960983: An aircraft flies against the wind for a distance of 300 miles in 2 hours. Then the aircraft makes the return trip with the wind in 1 hour. What was the aircraft's average speed for the entire trip? Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ankor@dixie-net.com:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An aircraft flies against the wind for a distance of 300 miles in 2 hours.
Then the aircraft makes the return trip with the wind in 1 hour.
What was the aircraft's average speed for the entire trip?
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let a = average speed for the round trip
We know the round trip of 600 mi took a total of 3 hrs
a =
a = 200 mph
