SOLUTION: with a head wind , a plane traveled 1000 miles in 4 hours. with the same wind as the tail wind, the return trip took 3 hours and 20 minutes. find the planes speed and the wind spee
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Question 942667: with a head wind , a plane traveled 1000 miles in 4 hours. with the same wind as the tail wind, the return trip took 3 hours and 20 minutes. find the planes speed and the wind speed.
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, lwsshak3:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the wind speed in mi/hr
Let = the plane's speed with no wind in mi/hr
= the plane's speed flying into the wind in mi/hr
= the plane's speed flying with the wind in mi/hr
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With a head wind:
(1)
With a tail wind
(2)
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(1)
and
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and add (1) and (2)
(1)
(2)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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The plane's speed is 275 mi/hr
The wind speed is 25 mi/hr
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
you can check (2)
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
with a head wind , a plane traveled 1000 miles in 4 hours. with the same wind as the tail wind, the return trip took 3 hours and 20 minutes. find the planes speed and the wind speed.
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let x=plane speed
let c=wind speed
x+c=speed of plane with tail wind
x-c=speed of plane with head wind
travel time*speed=distance
3 hr and 20 min=3 1/3 hr=10/3 hr
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4(x-c)=1000
10/3(x+c)=1000
..
4x-4c=1000
10x+10c=3000
..
20x-20c=5000 (mult. eq by 5)
20x+20c=6000 (mult. eq by 2)
add
40x=11000
x=275
..
subtract:
40c=1000
c=25
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plane speed=275 mph
wind speed=25 mph
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