document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=893337>Question 893337</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a quarterback throws a pass that travels 44 yd with the wind in 2.2 sec. If he had thrown the same pass against the wind, the football would have traveled 22 yd in 1.6sec. Find the speed of a pass that the quarterback would throw if there were no wind.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The speed of the pass if there were no wind would be about __yd/sec </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=speed of pass with no wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let c=speed of wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+c=speed of pass with the wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-c=speed of pass against the wind<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+c=44/2.2(yds/sec)=20(yds/sec)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-c=22/1.6(yds/sec)=13.75 (yds/sec)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x=33.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=16.875<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the speed of a pass that the quarterback would throw if there were no wind=16.875 (yds/sec) </SPAN>\n" );
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