SOLUTION: An airplane flies 840 mi in 3 hours with a tail wind. The return trip at the same airspeed takes 3.5 hours. Find the wind speed and the airspeed.
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Question 318962: An airplane flies 840 mi in 3 hours with a tail wind. The return trip at the same airspeed takes 3.5 hours. Find the wind speed and the airspeed. Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
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Let P be the plane speed, W the wind speed.
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. <--- with the wind
1.mph
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. <--- against the wind
2.mph
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Add eq. 1 and eq. 2 to eliminate W,
Then use either equation to solve for W,
