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Question 124105: Can you please help me solve this word problem:
An airplane traveling at 450 mph enters a region with a headwind of 25 mph. How long will it take the plane to travel 950 miles into this wind?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember time =
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time = = = 2.235294 hrs
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That's 2 hr + .235294*60 or 2 hr 14.1 min

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