Question 987665: To deliver a message, an army officer will travel by auto at 75 miles per hour from A to B, and then by airplane to C against a wind blowing 40 miles per hour. The airplane can fly 280 miles per hour in still air. If the messanger takes 3 2/3 hours in going from A to C, and 3 1/6 hours for the return trip, what is the distance from A to C?
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To deliver a message, an army officer will travel by auto at 75 miles per hour from A to B, and then by airplane to C against a wind blowing 40 miles per hour. The airplane can fly 280 miles per hour in still air. If the messanger takes 3 2/3 hours in going from A to C, and 3 1/6 hours for the return trip, what is the distance from A to C?
Distance from A to C: 125 + 480, or  miles
Answer by macston(5194)  (Show Source):
Answer by josmiceli(19441)  (Show Source):
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