SOLUTION: Flying against the wind, a jet travels 6480 mi in 8 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 8330 mi in 7 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the r
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Question 1142706: Flying against the wind, a jet travels 6480 mi in 8 hours. Flying with the wind, the same jet travels 8330 mi in 7 hours. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind? Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the 2 groundspeeds.
The plane's airspeed is the the average of the 2.
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the windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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