SOLUTION: If you flew in a plane 220 miles an hour there, then flew back with a tailwind going 280 miles an hour and the whole trip took 6.5 hours, how far would you have traveled?

Question 1007249: If you flew in a plane 220 miles an hour there, then flew back with a tailwind going 280 miles an hour and the whole trip took 6.5 hours, how far would you have traveled?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Going         220          ()       d
Retrun        280          ()       d
Total                      6.5

              speed          time             distance
Going         220                 d
Retrun        280                 d
Total                       6.5

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