document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196331>Question 1196331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Marketing Executive Problem: A marketing executive traveled 810 miles on a corporate jet in the same amount of time that it took to travel 162 mi by helicopter.  The rate of the jet was 360 mph greater than the rate of the helicopter.  Find the rate of the jet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distances are 810 and 162 miles, and the times are the same, so the ratio of the two speeds is the same as the ratio of the distances -- 810:162 = 5:1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Knowing that ratio, let the speed of the jet be 5x and the speed of the helicopter x.  The difference between the two speeds is then 4x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the difference in the two speeds is 360mph; so 4x = 360 and x = 90.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the speed of the helicopter is x = 90mph and the speed of the jet is 5x = 450mph.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 450mph<br><BR>\n" );
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