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 #672224 by ikleyn(52805)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "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 \n" ); document.write( "in the same amount of time it flew 200 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind. \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Let \"v\" be the speed of the wind, in mph.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Then the speed of the plane flying with the wind is (150+v) mph.\r\n" ); document.write( "The time it spends to cover 300 miles is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |