An airplane takes 4 hours to travel a distance of 2600 miles with the wind. The return trip takes 5 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.

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Tyrell Yates

24 June, 10:24

An airplane takes 4 hours to travel a distance of 2600 miles with the wind. The return trip takes 5 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.

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Ezequiel Ayers · Answer 1

2,600/4 = 650

650•5 = 3,250

I found the unit rate of the 2,600 by dividing the per hour and then times it by the 5 hours

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