An airplane flew 3 hours with a 40 mph head wind. The return trip with a tail wind of the same speed took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air.

180 mph

200 mph

220 mph

240 mph

Question

An airplane flew 3 hours with a 40 mph head wind. The return trip with a tail wind of the same speed took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air.

180 mph

200 mph

220 mph

240 mph

anonymous · Answer

i kept getting 240 but i thinks it's wrong

anonymous · Answer

Tell me your logic

anonymous · Answer

You can make an equation by working out the distance travelled there and back.
How far did they travel there? Find the expression.
How far did they travel back - same
make them equal.
Solve.