Air Travel

This is a nice problem from Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges.

“Problem 62. A plane flies from A to B and back again with a constant engine speed.  Turn-around time may be neglected.  Will the travel time be more with a wind of constant speed blowing in the direction from A to B than in still air?  (Does you intuition agree?)”

Answer

See Air Travel for a solution.

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