SOLUTION: A passenger jet took 4 hours to fly 2,250 miles in the same direction as the jetstream. It then flew into the jetstream for 6 hours but only travelled 2,000 miles. What is the jet’
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Question 917100: A passenger jet took 4 hours to fly 2,250 miles in the same direction as the jetstream. It then flew into the jetstream for 6 hours but only travelled 2,000 miles. What is the jet’s speed in still air, and what’s the jet’s speed when flying against the jetstream?
I have tried but I keep getting stuck
Answer by josgarithmetic(39628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RT=D rate time distance, uniform rates rule for travel
w, speed of the jetstream
r, speed of jet in still air
___________________rate_________time__________distance______Equations
WITH STREAM________r+w___________4____________2250__________
AGAINST STRM_______r-w___________6____________2000__________
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