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A plane flying against a jet stream will travel faster than a plane traveling with a jet stream.

A plane flying against a jet stream will travel faster than a plane traveling with a jet stream.
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A plane flying against a jet stream will travel faster than a plane traveling with a jet stream.

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FALSE, THE PLANE HAS MORE RESISTANCE THAN THE PLANE TRAVELING WITH THE JET STREAM

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Their "airspeeds" (speed through the air) are equal, but the one traveling in the
same direction as the jet-stream appears to move along the ground faster.

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