SOLUTION: An airplane has to travel a round trip Manila to Singapore and back (1485 mi apart) in a total time of 7 hours and 10 minutes. The plane from Manila to Singapore is flying with a h

Question 1114679: An airplane has to travel a round trip Manila to Singapore and back (1485 mi apart) in a total time of 7 hours and 10 minutes. The plane from Manila to Singapore is flying with a headwind of 70 mph and from Singapore to Manila with a tailwind of 60 mph. What is the velocity of the plane in still air.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

SPEED TIME DISTANCE M to S r-70 1485 S to M r+60 1485 TOTAL

Manila to Singapore - headwind
Singapore to Manila - tailwind

Solve the equation for sum of the times, .
Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The correct equation is

+ = .

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It is a typical "tailwind and headwind" Travel and Distance word problem.

See the lessons
    - Wind and Current problems
    - Wind and Current problems solvable by quadratic equations
    - Selected problems from the archive on a plane flying with and against the wind
in this site.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the section "Word problems", the topic "Travel and Distance problems".

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Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
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