document.write( "Question 1177337: When a plane flies with the wind, it can travel 920 miles in 2 hours. When the plane flies in the opposite direction, against the wind, it takes 4 hours to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "s, speed if no wind\r\n" );
document.write( "w, speed of the wind\r\n" );
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document.write( "                      SPEED         TIME       DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "WITH WIND            s+w                2          920\r\n" );
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document.write( "AGAINST WIND         s-w                4          920\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Distance Divided By Time is speed.\r
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