Question 819715
"a light plane flew from its home base to an airport 225 miles away. with a ahead wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. find the average speed of the plane and the average speed of the wind.
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From home base DATA:
rate = 225/1.7 = 132.35 mph
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Comment: You need the time for the return flight because
you are asked to find two variables.
With that time you could get the return rate.
Then
p + w = rate with the wind
p - w = rate against the wind
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Solve for "p" and for "w".
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Cheers,
Stan H.