SOLUTION: If a plane travels 400 miles with the wind at its back and 300 miles when traveling into the wind at a normal cruising speed of 200mph, what is the speed of the wind?

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Question 1141742: If a plane travels 400 miles with the wind at its back and 300 miles when traveling into the wind at a normal cruising speed of 200mph, what is the speed of the wind?
Answer by ikleyn(52861) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The speed of the wind may have ANY value (less than the speed of light :) - the given data in the post does not allow to determine it ( ! )