SOLUTION: A plane flies 170 miles with a tailwind, turns around and flies 130 miles against a headwind before stopping to refill. the wind speed is 10 mph and the total for the trip is 4 ho
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Question 36548: A plane flies 170 miles with a tailwind, turns around and flies 130 miles against a headwind before stopping to refill. the wind speed is 10 mph and the total for the trip is 4 hours. Find the plane's air speed (without the wind).
This is what i did:
and got
x=75
Is that correct?
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