A jet plane flying with the wind went 1070 mi in 2 h. Flying against the wind, the plane could only fly 860 mi in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) rate of plane mph rate of wind mph

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A jet plane flying with the wind went 1070 mi in 2 h. Flying against the wind, the plane could only fly 860 mi in the same amount of
time. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
rate of plane
mph
rate of wind
mph
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