SOLUTION: The speed of a commuter plane is 150 miles per hour slower than that of a passenger jet. The commuter plane travels 450 miles in the same time the jet travels 1150 miles. The speed

Question 18205: The speed of a commuter plane is 150 miles per hour slower than that of a passenger jet. The commuter plane travels 450 miles in the same time the jet travels 1150 miles. The speed of the commuter plane is ____ miles per hour and that of the jet is ____ miles per hour.
Answer by Photonjohn(42) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can't be solved. Doesn't make sense. By the stated miles, 450 for the commuter plane and 1150 for the jet, if they travel the same amount of time, then the jet speed is 1150/450 or 2.56 times the speed of the plane, not 150 miles faster which is what you stated.

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