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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.
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Let speed of private jet be S
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document.write( "Then speed of commercial jet = 2S - 98
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document.write( "We then get the following DISTANCE equation: 15S = 10(2S - 98)
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document.write( "3S = 2(2S - 98) ------ Factoring out GCF, 5
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document.write( "3S = 4S - 196
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document.write( "3S - 4S = - 196
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document.write( "- S = - 196
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document.write( "Speed of private jet, or 
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document.write( "Now, do you think you can find the commercial jet's speed? \n" );
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