document.write( "Question 254739: With a tailwind, a plane traveled 600 mile in 4 hours. With a headwind, the plane traveled the same distance in 7 hours. Write a system of equations that could be used to solve this problem to determine the wind speed? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #187149 by Fombitz(32388) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=Distance \n" ); document.write( "Vp-Velocity of the plane in still air \n" ); document.write( "Vw-Velocity of Wind \n" ); document.write( "With the wind, the velocities add, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Against the wind, the velocities subtract, \n" ); document.write( " |