SOLUTION: A commercial jet can fly 500 mph in calm air. Traveling with the jet stream, the plane flew 2400 mi in the same amount of time it would take to fly 1600 mi against the jet stream.

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Question 1055123: A commercial jet can fly 500 mph in calm air. Traveling with the jet stream, the plane flew 2400 mi in the same amount of time it would take to fly 1600 mi against the jet stream. Find the rate of the jet stream.
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A commercial jet can fly 500 mph in calm air. Traveling with the jet stream, the plane flew 2400 mi in the same amount of time
it would take to fly 1600 mi against the jet stream. Find the rate of the jet stream.
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2400%2F%28500%2Bu%29 = 1600%2F%28500-u%29.


u = 100 mph  (a hurricane speed).