document.write( "Question 1197742: A pilot can travel 448 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as 368 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind if the pilot’s speed in still air is 255 miles per hour. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "A pilot can travel 448 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as 368 miles against the wind.
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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( "    448*(255-x)) = 368*(255+x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now simplify it step by step, until you find x, the rate of the wind.\r\n" );
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