SOLUTION: A jet can travel 6800 km distance between NY and Paris in 6 hours 48 minutes with the wind. The return trip against the same wind takes 8 hours. Find the rate of the jet in still a

Question 770330: A jet can travel 6800 km distance between NY and Paris in 6 hours 48 minutes with the wind. The return trip against the same wind takes 8 hours. 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!
A jet can travel 6800 km distance between NY and Paris in 6 hours 48 minutes with the wind. The return trip against the same wind takes 8 hours. Find the rate of the jet in still air and the rate of the wind.
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Find the groundspeeds both ways.
d = r*t
r = d/t
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed & groundspeed.

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