SOLUTION: A commercial jet travels 1500 mi in the same amount of time it takes a corporate jet to travel 1290 mi. The rate of the commercial jet is 70 mph greater than the rate of the corpor
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Question 1055127: A commercial jet travels 1500 mi in the same amount of time it takes a corporate jet to travel 1290 mi. The rate of the commercial jet is 70 mph greater than the rate of the corporate jet. Find the rate of each jet. Answer by ikleyn(52847) (Show Source):
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A commercial jet travels 1500 mi in the same amount of time it takes a corporate jet to travel 1290 mi.
The rate of the commercial jet is 70 mph greater than the rate of the corporate jet. Find the rate of each jet.
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Your equation is
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where s is the rate of the slower (=corporate) jet (in mph).
Multiply both sides by s*(s+70).
The rest is just arithmetic.
