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A plane flies round-trip to Philadelphia. It flies to Philadelphia at 220 miles per hour and back home with a tailwind at 280 miles per hour. If the total trip takes 6.5 hours, how many miles does the plane fly round-trip?

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To solve the problem we will use this equation where,

d will be distance.
x is the speed of the plane without tailwind.
y is the speed of the wind affecting the plane.
Going to Philadelphia the speed of the plane affected by wind will be x-y=220 miles/hr
Coming back with a tailwind, the speed of the plane will be x+y= 280 miles/hr.
since time = distance / speed, t1 =d/220 and t2 = d/280
and since the total time traveled is 6.5hrs
d/220 + d/ 280 = 6.5hrs
d = 800.8 miles x 2 (back and forth trip) the answer is 1601.6 miles
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