document.write( "Question 437577: Flying against a headwind, a plane covers 900 miles in 2 hours. The return trip with a tailwind only takes an hour and a half. Find the speed of the wind, and the speed of the plane within the air mass. \n" ); document.write( "
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r, plane speed no wind
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Against headwind
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "With tailwind
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28r%2Bw%29%2A1.5=900\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28r-w=450%2Cr%2Bw=600%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "with these, possible to easily do without writing further steps, to find r and w.
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