SOLUTION: a passenger jet took 3 hours to fly 1980 miles in the direction of the jet stream. the return trip against the jets stream took 4 hours. what was the jet's speed still air and the
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Question 665159: a passenger jet took 3 hours to fly 1980 miles in the direction of the jet stream. the return trip against the jets stream took 4 hours. what was the jet's speed still air and the jet stream speed? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a passenger jet took 3 hours to fly 1980 miles in the direction of the jet stream. the return trip against the jets stream took 4 hours. what was the jet's speed still air and the jet stream speed?
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Find the 2 groundspeeds using d = r*t
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The plane's airspeed is the average of those.
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The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
