SOLUTION: A plane flew for 576 miles directly into a strong wind and then flew back with the same wind. If the total flying time was 5 hours, and the plane's airspeed was 250 mph, what was
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Question 246104: A plane flew for 576 miles directly into a strong wind and then flew back with the same wind. If the total flying time was 5 hours, and the plane's airspeed was 250 mph, what was the speed of the wind?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = air speed
250+x = speed with the wind
250-x= speed against the wind
Distance with the wind = Distance against the wind=576
TOTAL TIME = 5
Multiply both sides by (250-x)(250+x):
(I'm on vacation, and I don't have my calculator. Use it if you have one!!)
, which I can do even WITHOUT a calculator!!!
mph--a pretty strong wind!!
Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus
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