SOLUTION: An airplane flying with a tailwind takes 8 hours to fly a distance of 1,600miles. If the return trip, against the wind takes 10 hours, find the speed of the plane and wind.
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Question 199540: An airplane flying with a tailwind takes 8 hours to fly a distance of 1,600miles. If the return trip, against the wind takes 10 hours, find the speed of the plane and wind.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
plane travels at 180mi/hr
wind is 20mi/hr
1600/10=160
1600/8=200
the difference of 40/2= wind of 20
160+20=180
200-20=180
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