SOLUTION: a plane can travel 480 miles with the wind in two hours. It takes about 3 hours to travel the same distance against the wind. How fast can the plane go and how fast is the wind?
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Question 371399: a plane can travel 480 miles with the wind in two hours. It takes about 3 hours to travel the same distance against the wind. How fast can the plane go and how fast is the wind?
How do I set this problem up to solve? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=DIstance
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Let the plane speed be and the wind speed by .
With the wind,
1.
Against the wind,
2.
Add eq. 1 and eq. 2, mph
Then from eq. 1, mph
