SOLUTION: A jet can fly 550mph in calm air. Traveling with the wind, the jet can fly 2400 miles in the same amount of time it takes to fly 2000 miles against the wind. Find the rate of the w

Question 678995: A jet can fly 550mph in calm air. Traveling with the wind, the jet can fly 2400 miles in the same amount of time it takes to fly 2000 miles against the wind. Find the rate of the wind.

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let rate of wind be x m/h
speed against wind 550-x m/h----------- 2000 miles
speed with wind = 550+x m/h------------2400 miles
time = d/r
time against = time with
2000/(550-x)= 2400/(550+x)
2000(550+x)=2400(550-x)
1100000+2000x=1320000-2400x
2400x+2000x=1320000-1100000
4400x=220000
x= 50 m/h
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