SOLUTION: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 2280km in 3 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6100km in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what

Question 324746: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 2280km in 3 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6100km in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Fombitz:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Seems familiar.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate*Time=Distance
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Let P be the rate of the plane in still air.
Let W be the rate of the wind.

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Add eq. 1 and eq. 2 to eliminate W.

kph
Then from eq. 1,

kph
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