document.write( "Question 1192602: In going over 750 kms, it takes a passenger plane 2 hour less time to fly with a tailwind of 50 kph than against a headwind travelling at the same speed. How fast was the passenger plane flying at each way of the course? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "With the tailwind:      (1)\r
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document.write( "With the headwind:       (2)\r
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document.write( "Also, from the problem statement:
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document.write( "         or           (3)
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document.write( "           (4)\r
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document.write( "With this information, you can write an equation with one unknown.  I chose to write it with just  but other elimination possibilities exist:\r
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by :
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document.write( "Factor:
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document.write( "This has solutions  and \r
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document.write( "Take just the positive time solution    --(by 3)--> \r
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document.write( "Now,   km/hr
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document.write( "       km/hr\r
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document.write( "Check:  -->    (ok)\r
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