Question

A jet travels 1324 miles against a jetstream in 2 hours and 1584 miles with the jetstream in the same amount of time. what is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the jetstream rate of the jet in still air ___mi/hrate of the jetstream___ mi/h

Answer 1

In still air, the rate of the jet is Distance traveled/ time taken

`(1324)/(2)=662\text{ mi/h}`

With the jetstream, the rate of jetstream is

`(1584)/(2)=792\text{ mi/h}`