SOLUTION: A jet plane flying with the wind went 1320 mi in 3 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 1200 mi in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the wind.

Question 623968: A jet plane flying with the wind went 1320 mi in 3 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 1200 mi in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A jet plane flying with the wind went 1320 mi in 3 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 1200 mi in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the wind.
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The airspeed of the plane is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference betweeen airspeed and groundspeed.

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