SOLUTION: a plane traveled 514.8 miles each way to Toronto and back. The trip was with the wind. It took 5.5 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip back took 11 hours. What is the

Question 1099088: a plane traveled 514.8 miles each way to Toronto and back. The trip was with the wind. It took 5.5 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip back took 11 hours. What is the speed of the plane in still air? What is the speed of the wind?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, speed if no wind
w, speed of wind

Going with wind, effective speed was .
Return against wind, effective speed was .

Use elimination method to solve this system.
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