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Two jets leave an air base at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One jet travels 83/mi h faster than the other. If the two jets are 9864 mi apart after 8 hours, wha
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Two jets leave an air base at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One jet travels 83/mi h faster than the other. If the two jets are 9864 mi apart after 8 hours, wha
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Two jets leave an air base at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One jet travels 83/mi h faster than the other. If the two jets are 9864 mi apart after 8 hours, what is the rate of each jet? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the speed of the slower jet in mi/hr = the speed of the faster jet in mi/hr
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You can think of this as one of the jets ( either one )
standing still and the other one traveling away
from it at the sum of their speeds
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and
The jet's speeds are 575 mi/hr and 658 mi/hr
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