Speed of the jet airplane, vjet = 500 km/h Relative speed of its products of combustion with respect to the plane, vsmoke = – 1500 km/h
Speed of its products of combustion with respect to the ground = v′smoke
Relative speed of its products of combustion with respect to the airplane, vsmoke = v′smoke – vjet
=> – 1500 = v′smoke – 500
=> v′smoke = – 1000 km/h
The negative sign indicates that the direction of its products of combustion is opposite to the direction of motion of the jet airplane.

