document.write( "Question 1157943: A private jet flies the same distance in 15 hours that a commercial jet flies in 10 hours. If the speed of the commercial jet was 98mph less than 2 times the speed of the private jet, find the speed of each jet. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "From the given information, the speed of the private jet is 2/3 the speed of the commercial jet.

\n" ); document.write( "Also from the given information, that ratio is x/(2x-98), where x is the speed of the private jet. So

\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%2F3+=+x%2F%282x-98%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x+=+4x-196\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+196\"$

\n" ); document.write( "The speeds of the jets are:

\n" ); document.write( "private jet: x = 196mph
\n" ); document.write( "commercial jet: 2x-98 = 294mph

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