SOLUTION: A plane traveled 2835 miles with the wind in 4.5 hours and 2655 miles against the wind in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the win

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Question 1120953: A plane traveled 2835 miles with the wind in 4.5 hours and 2655 miles against the wind in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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p, plane speed if no wind
w, wind speed

system%28p%2Bw=2835%2F4.5%2Cp-w=2655%2F4.5%29
Simplify and solve the system.


Or a way to go ,
2p=%282835%2B2655%29%2F4.5

p=%282835%2B2655%29%2F9

p=610

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