document.write( "Question 388500: a plane flies 1200 miles in 2 hours with the jet stream and returns the same distance in two and a half hours against the wind. find the wind speed. \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance
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\n" ); document.write( "Let P be the plane speed, W the wind speed.
\n" ); document.write( "With the wind,
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28P%2BW%292=1200\"
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"P%2BW=600\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Against the wind,
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28P-W%292.5=1200\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"P-W=480\"
\n" ); document.write( "Add the two equations,
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%2BW%2BP-W=600%2B480\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2P=1080\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28P=540%29\"mph
\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"540%2BW=600\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28W=60%29\"mph
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