Question 817699: [ With a tailwind, a helicopter flies 300 miles in 1.5 hours.When the helicopter flies back against the same wind,the trip takes 3 hours.What is the helicopter's speed? What is the wind's speed? ]
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! s = d / t
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s + w = 300/1.5
s + w = 200
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s - w = 300/3
s - w = 100
s = 100 + w
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s + w = 200
100 + w + w = 200
2w = 100
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w = 50 mph
s = 150 mph
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