SOLUTION: A plane flies 600 miles with a tail wind in 2 hours. It takes the same plane 4 hours to fly the 600 miles when flying against the wind. What is the plane's speed in still air? I
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Question 881974: A plane flies 600 miles with a tail wind in 2 hours. It takes the same plane 4 hours to fly the 600 miles when flying against the wind. What is the plane's speed in still air? I tried to make 2 formulas both equaling 600 but didn't know how to move on from there. Answer by seshumallipeddi(2) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! consider speed of plane as 'x' and speed of wind as'y'. In the direction of wind speed will be 'x+y' in opposite direction speed will be'x-y'.
x+y=(600/2)
x-y=(600/4)
from two equations speed of plane is 225miles/hour
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