SOLUTION: Flying through the wind a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hours. Against the current, the crew rowed 7 miles in 2 hours. Find the rate of the wind in miles per hour (mph).

Question 1136381: Flying through the wind a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hours. Against the current, the crew rowed 7 miles in 2 hours. Find the rate of the wind in miles per hour (mph).

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"through the wind"
then rowing against "the current"
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A combo problem?
Answer by ikleyn(52855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            Wake up.

            It was a boy running on a walkway at the airport . . .

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