SOLUTION: a pilot can travel 500 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as 300 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind if the pilot's speed in still air is 200 miles per h
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Question 945728: a pilot can travel 500 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as 300 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind if the pilot's speed in still air is 200 miles per hour Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a pilot can travel 500 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as 300 miles against the wind. Find the speed of the wind if the pilot's speed in still air is 200 miles per hour
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let w=speed of the wind
200+w=speed of plane with the wind
200-w=speed of plane against the wind
travel time=distance/speed (same with wind and against wind)
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500(200-w)=300((200+w)
100000-500w=60000+300w
800w=40000
w=50
speed of the wind=50 mph
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