document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=966100>Question 966100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A plane can fly at a rate of 215 mph in calm air. Traveling with the wind the plane flew 750 miles in the same amount of time that it flew 540 miles againstthe wind. Find the rate of the wind. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #590493 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=590493\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> r=215 miles per hour, speed without wind<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w= unknown wind speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v=750 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u=540 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=amount of time, same for both trip situations\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is analyzed and solved purely symbolically because other questions have occurred like this but with different values or different examples of this same form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WITHWIND_____________r+w_____________t______________v<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AGAINSTW_____________r-w_____________t______________u\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The variables w and t can be solved; but the question asks for w.\r<BR>\n" );
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