SOLUTION: An airplane, flying with a tail wind, travels 1240 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes
2.5 hours.
Find the cruising speed of the plane and the speed of
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Question 856459: An airplane, flying with a tail wind, travels 1240 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes
2.5 hours.
Find the cruising speed of the plane and the speed of the wind (assume that both rates are constant).
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An airplane, flying with a tail wind, travels 1240 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, against the wind, takes
2.5 hours.
Find the cruising speed of the plane and the speed of the wind (assume that both rates are constant
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let x=cruising speed of plane(speed of plane in still air)
let c=speed of wind
x+c=speed of plane with the wind
x-c=speed of plane against the wind
travel time=distance/speed
..
1240/(x+c)=2
1240/(x-c)=2.5
..
2x+2c=1240
2.5x-2.5c=1240
..
5x+5c=3100
5x-5c=2480
add
10x=5580
x=558
2c=1240-2x=124
c=62
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cruising speed of plane=558 mph
speed of wind=62 mph
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