SOLUTION: a turboprop plane flying with the wind flew 800 miles in 4 hrs. Flying against the wind, the plane required 5 hours to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm

Question 164423: a turboprop plane flying with the wind flew 800 miles in 4 hrs. Flying against the wind, the plane required 5 hours to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind?
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate x Time = Distance
Rate with wind = Speed of Plane in calm air + Speed of Wind=
Rate against wind = Speed of Plane in calm air - Speed of Wind=
Distance is the same in both cases.
Time with :
Time against :
Distance :
Generate your two rate equations in terms of P and W and the known quantitites.
Solve for P and W.
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