SOLUTION: With the wind, a jet can fly 1500 mi in 2 hr 30 min. Against the wind it can fly only 1200 mi in the same time. find the rate of the jet in still air and the rate of the wind.

Question 585440: With the wind, a jet can fly 1500 mi in 2 hr 30 min. Against the wind it can fly only 1200 mi in the same time. find the rate of the jet in still air and the rate of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With the wind, a jet can fly 1500 mi in 2 hr 30 min. Against the wind it can fly only 1200 mi in the same time. find the rate of the jet in still air and the rate of the wind.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average.
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The windspeed is the difference between groundspeed and airspeed.

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