SOLUTION: A plane traveled 2565 miles with the wind in 4.5 hours and 2295 miles against the wind in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the win

Question 1161594: A plane traveled 2565 miles with the wind in 4.5 hours and 2295 miles against the wind in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, plane speed by itself
w, wind speed

Simplify and solve for w and r.
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