SOLUTION: Flying against the wind, a jet travels 9450 mi in 9 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 10,320 mi in 8 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the

Question 1062783: Flying against the wind, a jet travels 9450 mi in 9 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 10,320 mi in 8 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Flying against the wind, a jet travels 9450 mi in 9 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 10,320 mi in 8 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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windspeed = difference between airspeed & groundspeed.

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