SOLUTION: can you help me in solving the problem... a plane flies 720 mi against a steady 30-mi/h headwind and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10 h

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Question 74259: can you help me in solving the problem...
a plane flies 720 mi against a steady 30-mi/h headwind and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10 h, what is the plane's speed in still air?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Check out the answer to problem 26.

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