A transcontinental flight at 2700 mi is scheduled to take 50 min longer westward than eastward. The air speed of the jet is 600 mi/h. What assumptions about the jet-stream wind velocity, presumed to be east or west, are made in preparing the schedule?

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Navjyot Kalra · Answer

Round off to two significant figures, V js,e = 56 mi/h Therefore, the velocity relative to ground with which the jet stream flows eastwards is 56 mi/h .

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A transcontinental flight at 2700 mi is scheduled to take 50 min longer westward than eastward. The air speed of the jet is 600 mi/h. What assumptions about the jet-stream wind velocity, presumed to be east or west, are made in preparing the schedule?

A transcontinental flight at 2700 mi is scheduled to take 50 min longer westward than eastward. The air speed of the jet is 600 mi/h. What assumptions about the jet-stream wind velocity, presumed to be east or west, are made in preparing the schedule?

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A transcontinental flight at 2700 mi is scheduled to take 50 min longer westward than eastward. The air speed of the jet is 600 mi/h. What assumptions about the jet-stream wind velocity, presumed to be east or west, are made in preparing the schedule?

A transcontinental flight at 2700 mi is scheduled to take 50 min longer westward than eastward. The air speed of the jet is 600 mi/h. What assumptions about the jet-stream wind velocity, presumed to be east or west, are made in preparing the schedule?

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