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An airplane flies 560 miles with a tail wind in 2 hours 20 minutes. It takes 3 hours to fly against the headwind. Find the speed of the airp
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An airplane flies 560 miles with a tail wind in 2 hours 20 minutes. It takes 3 hours to fly against the headwind. Find the speed of the airplane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It takes 3 hours to fly against the headwind.
How far against the wind? Same route and distance?
____________________speed____________time__________distance
WITH________________r+w______________2&1/3_________560
AGAINST_____________r-w_______________3____________560
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