document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=912737>Question 912737</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Traveling against the wind , a plane flies 2,100 miles from Chicago to San Diego in 4 hours and 40 minutes. The return trip, flying with a wind that is blowing twice as fast, takes four hours. Find the rare of the plane in still air.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please help me . I just don't understand this problem at all. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #554012 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=554012\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> r, rate of plane in still air<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w, speed of wind when going against it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w, speed of wind when going WITH it\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the time values as HOURS.  Here is a data table with as much information as possible put:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "_________________rate___________time_____________distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AGAINST__________r-w____________<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%262%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%262%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >____________2100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WITH_____________r+2w___________4________________2100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The uniform rates travel rule is RT=D rate time distance.  Use the rule to make the two needed equations and solve for r and w. </SPAN>\n" );
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