SOLUTION: An airplane fling into a headwind travels 1800 miles in 3 hours and 36 minutes. On the return flight, the distance is traveled in 3 hours. Find the airspeed of the plane and the sp
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Question 992192: An airplane fling into a headwind travels 1800 miles in 3 hours and 36 minutes. On the return flight, the distance is traveled in 3 hours. Find the airspeed of the plane and the speed of the wind, assuming that both remain constant. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
