SOLUTION: Flying against the wind, a jet travels 1620mi in 3 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 7040mi in 8 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and

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Question 987616: Flying against the wind, a jet travels
1620mi
in
3
hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels
7040mi
in
8
hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average.
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Windspeed = difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

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