Question 943843
It takes a private airplane 8.75 hours to make the
2,100-mile flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles and 5 hours to make the
return trip. Assuming that the wind blows at a constant rate from Los
Angeles to Atlanta, find the airspeed of the plane and the wind rate.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind using
r = d/t
You get mi/hr if you divide the miles by the hours.
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.