SOLUTION: An airplane travels at a constant rate. Flying with the wind, it takes 3.3 hours to travel 1980 miles. It takes 5 hours going against the wind. If there was no wind, how fast would

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Question 1046352: An airplane travels at a constant rate. Flying with the wind, it takes 3.3 hours to travel 1980 miles. It takes 5 hours going against the wind. If there was no wind, how fast would the airplane be flying?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the speed of the plane and represent the speed of the wind.





Solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it