document.write( "Question 1102722: A plane travels576km with the wind in 1.5hours return against the wind in 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #717446 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! r*t=d \n" ); document.write( "with the wind \n" ); document.write( "(r+c)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "r*1.5+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "against the wind \n" ); document.write( "r*2-c*2=576\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1) r*2-c*2=576 \n" ); document.write( "2) r*1.5+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "multiply 1) by 3 multiply 2) by 4 \n" ); document.write( "r*6.0+c*6.0=2304 \n" ); document.write( "r*6-c*6=1728 \n" ); document.write( "add \n" ); document.write( "r*12.0=4032 \n" ); document.write( "r=336.0 \n" ); document.write( "r=336 mph plane\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "336*1.5+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "504.0+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "c*1.5=72.0 \n" ); document.write( "c=72.0/1.5 \n" ); document.write( "c=48.0 mph wind \n" ); document.write( "check \n" ); document.write( "(336+c)*dt=576 \n" ); document.write( "(336+48)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "(384)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "576.0=576\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(336-c)*ut=576 \n" ); document.write( "(336-48)*2=576 \n" ); document.write( "(288)*2=576 \n" ); document.write( "576=576 \n" ); document.write( "ok\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( "more simply \n" ); document.write( "r*t=d \n" ); document.write( "with the wind \n" ); document.write( "(r+c)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "r+c=576/1.5 \n" ); document.write( "r+c=384.0 \n" ); document.write( "against the wind \n" ); document.write( "r-c=576/2 \n" ); document.write( "r-c=288 \n" ); document.write( "we have \n" ); document.write( "r-c=288 \n" ); document.write( "r+c=384.0 \n" ); document.write( "add \n" ); document.write( "2r=672.0 \n" ); document.write( "r=336.0 \n" ); document.write( "r=336 mph plane\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "336*1.5+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "504.0+c*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "c*1.5=72.0 \n" ); document.write( "c=72.0/1.5 \n" ); document.write( "c=48.0 mph wind \n" ); document.write( "check \n" ); document.write( "(336+c)*dt=576 \n" ); document.write( "(336+48)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "(384)*1.5=576 \n" ); document.write( "576.0=576\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(336-c)*ut=576 \n" ); document.write( "(336-48)*2=576 \n" ); document.write( "(288)*2=576 \n" ); document.write( "576=576 \n" ); document.write( "ok \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |