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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.