SOLUTION: Armando flies a plane against a headwind for 5120 miles. The return trip with the wind took 16 hours less time. If the wind speed is 8 mph, how fast does Armando fly the plane when

SOLUTION: Armando flies a plane against a headwind for 5120 miles. The return trip with the wind took 16 hours less time. If the wind speed is 8 mph, how fast does Armando fly the plane when

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Question 1150589: Armando flies a plane against a headwind for 5120 miles. The return trip with the wind took 16 hours less time. If the wind speed is 8 mph, how fast does Armando fly the plane when there is no wind?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, the speed when not in wind

Time against the wind,
Time with the wind,
Difference in time was hours.

Simplify and solve .
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