SOLUTION: A quaterback throws a pass with the wind and the football travels 140 feet in 2 seconds. The quaterback throws the same pass into the wind and the football travels 80 feet in 2 sec
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Question 886956: A quaterback throws a pass with the wind and the football travels 140 feet in 2 seconds. The quaterback throws the same pass into the wind and the football travels 80 feet in 2 seconds. Let r be the rate of the pass in calm air and w the rate of the wind. Write both of the linear systems and solutions.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's no simple solution.
The relation between wind speed and a projectile is not linear.
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