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A plane flies 450 miles with the wind, and 350 miles against the wind (in the same amount of time). If the wind is blowing at 30 mph, how fast would the plane be going without air helping/hurting?​

User Tiago Peixoto
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Answer: = 240 mph.

Explanation:

Let x = speed of the plane.

t= time taken

As per given, we have


image [Time = distance / speed]

From (i) and (ii), we get


image

Hence, the speed of the plane = 240 mph.

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