SOLUTION: a plane travels from city a to city b, a distance of 1500 miles, in 6 hrs. On the return trip, the plane encounters a headwind, and the trip takes 10 hrs. what is the speed of the
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Question 912891: a plane travels from city a to city b, a distance of 1500 miles, in 6 hrs. On the return trip, the plane encounters a headwind, and the trip takes 10 hrs. what is the speed of the headwind? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! w/o a tail wind going: s(w/o wind) = 250mph
returning
250 - w = 150
50mph = w
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with a tail wind going
s + w = 250 s - w = 150
2s = 400
s = 200mph
w = 50mph
