SOLUTION: Problem Page A jet travels 6096 mi against a jetstream in 8 hours and 7056 with the jetstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the r

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Question 1110851: Problem Page A jet travels 6096 mi against a jetstream in 8 hours and 7056 with the jetstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the jetstream?
Answer by ikleyn(52915)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x = the jet rate at no wind (in mph), and

    y = the rate of the wind.


Then the effective rate of the jet with the wind is x + y mph,
while the effective rate of the jet with the wind is x - y mph.


The condition says

 = x - y     (the effective speed against the wind)

 = x + y     (the effective speed with the wind)


After calculations, it takes the form


x - y = 762     (1)

x + y = 882     (2)
---------------------- Add the equations

2x = 762 + 882 = 1644    ====>  x =  = 822 mph.   It is the rate of the jet at no wind.


Then from eq(2),  y = 882 - 822 = 60 mph  is the rate of the wind.

Solved.

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It is a typical "tailwind and headwind" word problem.

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    - Selected problems from the archive on a plane flying with and against the wind
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