SOLUTION: A jet flew from Toronto to Mumbai at 800km/h and returned at 700km/h. If the total trip, not inlcluding stopover time took 15 hours, how far is it from Toronto to Mumbai? Let x be

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Question 1101053: A jet flew from Toronto to Mumbai at 800km/h and returned at 700km/h. If the total trip, not inlcluding stopover time took 15 hours, how far is it from Toronto to Mumbai?
Let x be the distance (in km) between Toronto and Mumbai

Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If x is the distance between Toronto and Mumbai, then
x/800+x/700=15
700x+800x=1500x=8400000
x=5600 km as the distance between Toronto and Mumbai
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