SOLUTION: An airplane travels 260 miles per hour into a 50 mile per hour head wind. On the return trip the wind has slowed to 25 miles per hour and the plane averages 335 miles per hour. How
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Question 95008: An airplane travels 260 miles per hour into a 50 mile per hour head wind. On the return trip the wind has slowed to 25 miles per hour and the plane averages 335 miles per hour. How fast would the plane have gone with no wind on either leg?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane travels 260 miles per hour into a 50 mile per hour head wind. On the return trip the wind has slowed to 25 miles per hour and the plane averages 335 miles per hour. How fast would the plane have gone with no wind on either leg?
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Let the planes's speed in still air be "p".
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EQUATION:
p+25 = 335
p = 310
It souunds like the plane would have gone 310 mph.
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