document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=913963>Question 913963</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me answer this question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A plane flies 900 miles with a tail wind in 3 hours. It takes the same plane 5 hours to fly the 900 miles when flying against the wind. What is the plane's speed in still air? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "with the wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(r+w)*3=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(r+w)=900/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+w=300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "against the wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(r-w)*5=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(r-w)=900/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r-w=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+w=300<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r+r=300+180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2r=480<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=240 mph  rate of plane in still air\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "240-w=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=240-180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=60 mph wind<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(240+60)*3=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300*3=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "900=900<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(r-w)*5=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(240-60)*5=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180*5=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "900=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok<BR>\n" );
document.write( "codedrtdtt<BR>\n" );
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