document.write( "Question 1158673: An air plane flies 600miles with the wind for 2hours and returns against the wind in 3hours. Find the speed of wind and the air plane. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let the speed of the airplane be x mph and the speed of the wind y mph. We have the system of equations \"system%28x%2By=300%2Cx-y=200%29\". Adding the two equations together gives \"2x=500\". Dividing both sides by 2 gives \"highlight%28x=250%29\". Plugging this into either equation gives \"highlight%28y=50%29\". So the airplane's speed is 250 mph and the wind's speed is 50 mph. \n" ); document.write( "
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