Question

flying with the wind, a plane flew 600 miles in 3hours.flying against the wind,the plane could fly only 300 miles in the same amount of time. find the speed of the plane in calm air and the speed of the wind

Answer 1

Let x be the speed of the plane in calm air and y be the speed of the wind.\[3(x+y)=600\]\[3(x-y)=300\]

Answer 2

so would it be 100 miles and 50wind

Answer 3

????

Answer 4

That isn't what I got. How did you get that answer?

Answer 5

I got 50 for the wind but not 100 for the plane.