A plane flies from NY to Chicago, which is about 700 miles, at a speed of 330 mph. How long does the flight take? On a return trip, a tailwind (x) helps the plane move faster. (The plane still operates to produce a basic speed of 330 mph. The total flying time for the round trip is 3.7 hours so how fast is the tailwind?

Flight takes 2.12 hrs from NY to chicago

The tailwind speed was x = 143.4 mph

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:-

- The distance from NY to Chicago, d = 700 miles

- The speed of plane, vo = 330 mph

- The speed of tailwind = x

- The total time for round trip T = 3.7 hrs

Find:-

How long does the flight take?

how fast is the tailwind?

Solution:-

- The total time "T" of the round-trip consists of time taken "t1" for journey from NY to Chicago and time taken "t2" from Chicago to NY.

- Time taken from NY to Chicago (t1) = d / vo

                                                           = 700 / 330

                                                           = 2.1212 hrs

- Whereas, the time time taken (t2) on return journey from Chicago to NY with the help of tailwind with speed x was:

- Time taken from Chicago to NY (t2) = d / (vo+x)

- The total time taken for round-trip = T

- We will sum individual times "t1" and "t2" and equate to "T"

                     2.1212 + 700 / ( 300 + x ) = 3.7

- Re-arrange and solve for x:

                      700 = (3.7 - 2.1212)*(300 + x )

                      700 = 473.6364 + 1.5788x

                      x = 226.3636/1.5788

                      x = 143.38 mph

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)

answer: i guess 105 degrees?

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