document.write( "Question 1057141: A plane has a cruising speed of 150 mph when there is no wind. At this speed, the plane flew 300 miles with the wind in the same amount of time it flew 200 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #672221 by josgarithmetic(39620) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Your description is not written the way you mean.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"At this speed\", the two directions either had no wind; or the direction of the wind switched between the two trip parts. Drop the phrase and your description is good enough.\r
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document.write( "              SPEED       TIME       DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "WITHWIND      r+w          t          p\r\n" );
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document.write( "AGAINSTW      r-w          t          d\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Unknown variables are w and t. The question asks for w.\r
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