SOLUTION: a twin-engined air craft can fly 1200 miles from city a to city b in 5 hours with the wind and make the return trip in 8 hours against the wind. What is the speed of the wind?
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Question 217967: a twin-engined air craft can fly 1200 miles from city a to city b in 5 hours with the wind and make the return trip in 8 hours against the wind. What is the speed of the wind?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1,200/5=240 mph with thwe wind.
1,200/8=150 mph against the wind.
(240-150)/2=90/2=45 mph is the wind speed.
Proof:
240-45=195 speed of the plane in still air.
150+45=195 ditto.
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