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( "
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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
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