SOLUTION: Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 450 miles in 3 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 2.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in the air? What w

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: Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 450 miles in 3 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 2.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in the air? What was the speed of the wind?
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Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
rate=distance/time

p-w=450/3 __ p-w=150

p+w=450/2.5 __ p+w=180

adding the two equations __ p-w+(p+w)=150+180 __ 2p=330 __ p=165

substituting __ (165)+w=180 __ w=15
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