SOLUTION: A six-passenger plane cruises at 180 mph in
calm air. If the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the
same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind,
then what is the
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Question 329309: A six-passenger plane cruises at 180 mph in
calm air. If the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the
same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind,
then what is the wind speed?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate*Time=Distance
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.
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1.
2.
From eq. 1,
From eq. 2,
Add those two results together,
Substituting into eq. 1,
mph
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