Homework Help: math

Posted by debbi on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 6:27pm.

If an airplane is moving 300 mph, relative to the air, into a headwind of 15 mph, what is its speed relative to the ground?

math - Steve, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 6:37pm
300-15 = 285 mph

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