SOLUTION: How would I set up this problem? A car traveled 360 miles in 4 hours to a city with the wind. The return trip took 6 hours against the wind. How fast was the car and wind traveling
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Question 812389: How would I set up this problem? A car traveled 360 miles in 4 hours to a city with the wind. The return trip took 6 hours against the wind. How fast was the car and wind traveling? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the speed of the car with no wind in mi/hr
Let = the speed of the wind in mi/hr = the speed of the car going with the wind in mi/hr = the speed of the car going against the wind in mi/hr
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Going with the wind:
(1)
Going against the wind:
(2)
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There are 2 equations and 2 unknowns, so it is solvable
