SOLUTION: An airplane flying with the wind takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 960 miles. The return trip takes 6 hours flying against the wind. What is the speed of the airplane in still

Question 1168735: An airplane flying with the wind takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 960 miles. The return trip takes 6 hours flying against the wind. What is the speed of the airplane in still air and how fast is the wind blowing?
Answer:
The speed of the airplane in still air is _____ miles per hour.
The wind speed is ______miles per hour.
Round your values to the nearest while number.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s+w is 960 miles in 5 hours or 192 mph
s-w is 960 miles in 6 hours or 160 mph
add them
2s=352
s=176 mph in still air. Question answered.
the wind speed is 16 mph.
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