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renamoonlit
renamoonlit renamoonlit
  • 01-06-2016
  • Mathematics
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if a plane can travel 490 miles per hour with the wind and 450 miles per hour against the wind, find the speed of the plane without a wind and the speed of the wind.

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apologiabiology
apologiabiology apologiabiology
  • 01-06-2016

s=plane's speed
w=windspeed


travels490 mh with wind
450 agains wind



s+w=490mph
s-w=450
add them toegether

s+w=490
s-w=450 +
2s+0w=940

2s=940
divide by 2
s=470
find wind speed
s+w=490
470+w=490
w=20

windspeed=20mph
planespeed=470mph

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joselina
joselina joselina
  • 01-06-2016

The accurate answer will be 470mi/hour

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