SOLUTION: An airplane, traveling with a tail wind, travels 1000 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes 2.5 hours. Find the speed of the wind(assume that both rates are

Question 217348: An airplane, traveling with a tail wind, travels 1000 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes 2.5 hours. Find the speed of the wind(assume that both rates are constant)
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane, traveling with a tail wind, travels 1000 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes 2.5 hours. Find the speed of the wind(assume that both rates are constant)
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w = wind speed
r = plane's airspeed
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1000 = 2(r+w)
1000 = 2.5(r-w)
r + w = 500
r - w = 400
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2r = 900
r = 450 mph
w = 50 mph

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