A plane has a speed of 400mi/h. On a windy day, theplane could fly 75 mi with thewind in the same time it tookto fly 65mi against the samewind. What is the rate of thewind?

A plane has a speed of 400mi/h. On a windy day, theplane could fly 75 mi with thewind in the same time it tookto fly 65mi against the samewind. What is the rate of thewind?

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