SOLUTION: If a plane can travel 460460 miles per hour with the wind and 400400 miles per hour against the​ wind, find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air. What i

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Question 1154734: If a plane can travel 460460 miles per hour with the wind and 400400 miles per hour against the​ wind, find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air.
What is the speed of the​ wind? Mph

Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The speed with the wind is the wind speed added to the plane's speed; the speed against the wind is the wind speed subtracted from the plane's speed. So the difference between the two speeds is twice the speed of the wind.

460-400 = 60; 60/2 = 30

ANSWER: The wind speed is 30mph.


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