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An airplane travels 5096 kilometers against the wind in 7 hours and 5796 kilometers with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the plane still air and what is the rate of the wind?

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter8: Introduction To Functions

Section8.10: Inverse Variation

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