Brain Freeze

Posted by KayMarie on October 26, 2002 at 22:22:49:

I am struggling with Algebra and my brain just can't handle word problems. Help is appreciated.

With the wind, a quarterback passes a football 140 feet in 2 seconds. Against the wind, the same pass would have traveled 80 feet in 2 seconds. Find the rate of the pass and the rate of the wind.

I'm thinking... (since d=r.t)

140=R.2
80=R.2

If so, why can't I come up with a logical answer?

Follow Ups:

• Re: Brain Freeze Soroban 23:29:32 10/26/02 (0)
• Re: Brain Freeze Subhotosh Khan 23:09:42 10/26/02 (5)
  • WRONG Mr K: that should be R + r and R - r ; see Mr S's :)) Denis Borris 02:57:29 10/27/02 (0)
  • WRONG Mr K: that should be R + r and R - r ; see Mr S's :)) Denis Borris 02:56:53 10/27/02 (3)
    • Help a rookie see the difference? MathBard 03:17:45 10/27/02 (2)
      • NO diff: was just pulling Mr K's leg! Denis Borris 03:50:45 10/27/02 (1)
        • what's the formula for calculating the pulling of his leg vs. pulling my finger? MathBard 03:57:43 10/27/02 (0)

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