SOLUTION: a plane flies 630 miles with the wind in the same time that it takes to fly 455 miles against the wind. if this plane flies at the rate of 217 mph in still air what is the speed of

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Question 1005585: a plane flies 630 miles with the wind in the same time that it takes to fly 455 miles against the wind. if this plane flies at the rate of 217 mph in still air what is the speed of the wind?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
                  rate             time        distance
WITH              217+w             t           630
AGAINST           217-w             t           455


Form the system of equations according to RT=D. Main part of the method to solve this one is equate the expressions for t.
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