An airplane whose speed in still air is 760 kph can travel 2000 km flying with a tailwind, in the same amount of time that it takes to fly 1800 km flying with a head wind. Find the speed of the wind. How long it will take thw plane to travel the given distances?

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An airplane whose speed in still air is 760 kph can travel 2000 km flying with a tailwind, in the same amount of time that it takes to fly 1800 km flying with a head wind. Find the speed of the wind. How long it will take thw plane to travel the given distances? 

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