SOLUTION: Solve and verify your answer. A plane can fly 295 miles downwind in the same amount of time as it can travel 225 miles upwind. Find the velocity of the wind if the plane can fly

Algebra ->  Polynomials-and-rational-expressions -> SOLUTION: Solve and verify your answer. A plane can fly 295 miles downwind in the same amount of time as it can travel 225 miles upwind. Find the velocity of the wind if the plane can fly      Log On

The "time equation" is 


 = .


Solve for x, which is the wind velocity.



Answer.  The wind velocity is 35 miles per hour.