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document.write( "Write the \"time\" equation, saying that travel times are the same in both trips\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2070*(x-10) = 1840*(x+10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now simplify it step by step, until you find x, the speed of the plane in still air.\r\n" );
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