document.write( "Question 258432: An airplane travels 900 miles from Houston to Miami in 6 hours against the wind. On its trip, with the wind, it takes only 5 hours. Find the rate of the airplane with no wind. Find the rate of the wind \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #190263 by drk(1908)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is an RTD problem. WE can create a table based on the given information: \n" ); document.write( "PLANE . . . . . .rate . . . . . . . .time . . . . . . . distance \n" ); document.write( "against . . . . . .r-c . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . .900 \n" ); document.write( "with . . . . . . .. r+c . . . . . . .. 5 . . . . . . .. . . . .900 \n" ); document.write( "RT=D \n" ); document.write( "or r = D/T \n" ); document.write( "r-c = 150 \n" ); document.write( "r+c = 180 \n" ); document.write( "adding down we get \n" ); document.write( " 2r = 330 \n" ); document.write( "r = 165 \n" ); document.write( "rate with no wind is 165 mph \n" ); document.write( "c = 15 mph \n" ); document.write( " |