document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170008>Question 1170008</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane traveled 1260 miles each way to Rome and back. The trip there was with the wind. It <BR>\n" );
document.write( "took 9 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip back took 15 hours. What is the speed of the plane in still air? What is the speed of the wind?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) Divide the distance by each of the two times to find the speeds with the wind and against the wind.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The speed of the plane is the average of those two speeds.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) The speed of the wind is the difference between the speed of the plane from step (2) and either of the two speeds from step (1).<br><BR>\n" );
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