SOLUTION: New York to Denver is 1500 miles. The trip there took 6 hours and the trip back took 7.5 hours. What was the air and wind speed?

Question 1033702: New York to Denver is 1500 miles. The trip there took 6 hours and the trip back took 7.5 hours. What was the air and wind speed?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Alan3354:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
airspeed=x
wind speed=w
average speed there was 250 mph
x+w=250
average speed back was 200 mph
x-w=200
Add them
2x=450
x=225 mph air speed
w=25 mph wind speed
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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