Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)
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A plane travelled 2400 km from Calgary to Toronto. It took 3.75 hours to travel there with a tailwind. The
same plane then took 4 hours to make the same trip back from Toronto to Calgary with a headwind. Find the
speed of the plane and the speed of the wind.
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