If a plane can travel 576 miles with the wind in 3 hours and against the wind in 6 hours how fast is the speed of the wind?
1 Answer
Mar 12, 2018
Speed of wind is
Explanation:
Let the speed of plane and wind be
respectively. Then , speed of plane with wind be
miles/ hour
The speed of plane against wind be
miles/ hour
Adding equation (1) and (2) we get
Putting
Hence speed of wind is