Homework Help: algebra II

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 11:28pm.

An aircraft flew 6 hours with the wind. The return trip took 7 hours against the wind. If the speed of the plane in still air is 276 miles per hour more than the speed of the wind, find the wind speed and the speed of the plane in still air.

The wind soeed was ______ mph.

algebra II - Anonymous, Friday, October 22, 2010 at 12:30am
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