SOLUTION: An airplane takes 3 hours to travel 702 miles while flying against the wind. If the speed of the airplane on a windless day is 265 miles per hour, what is the speed of the wind?
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Question 904580: An airplane takes 3 hours to travel 702 miles while flying against the wind. If the speed of the airplane on a windless day is 265 miles per hour, what is the speed of the wind?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r-w = 234mph = 702/3
265 - w = 234mph
w = 31mph
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