SOLUTION: A plane travels 3000km in 3 hours with a tail wind, and 3000km in 4 hours with a head wind. Find the speed of the plane and of the wind.

SOLUTION: A plane travels 3000km in 3 hours with a tail wind, and 3000km in 4 hours with a head wind. Find the speed of the plane and of the wind.

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Question 322270: A plane travels 3000km in 3 hours with a tail wind, and 3000km in 4 hours with a head wind. Find the speed of the plane and of the wind.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let V be the plane speed, W the wind speed.
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Rate*Time=Distance
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Add eq. 1 and eq. 2,

kph
Then use either equation to solve for W.

kph
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