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consider and airplane thst flie ue east on a trip, the plane then returns flying due west. Flying in one direction the plane flies with the rotation of the earth, and in the opposite direction, against the earth's rotations. But in the absense of winds the time of flight are equeal either way. Why is this so?

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Both planes take-off from the ground. The ground is moving at the speed the earth is rotating. Both planes are moving the same speed as the ground when they takeoff, so they are both essntially moving at the same speed the earth is rotating. When they takeoff, they continue to have the speed the earth is rotating due to inertia, the only difference in velocity is their velocity relative to the ground. These have the same magnitude, just opposite directions.

Since they are both travelling relative to the ground, they both have the same magnitude of velocity relative to the ground, just opposite directions, so it will take them both the same time to make the trip.

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