SOLUTION: On a particular day, the wind added 4 miles per hour to Alfonso's rate when he was cycling with the wind and subtracted 4 miles per hour from his rate on his return trip. Alfonso f
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Question 982244: On a particular day, the wind added 4 miles per hour to Alfonso's rate when he was cycling with the wind and subtracted 4 miles per hour from his rate on his return trip. Alfonso found that in the same amount of time he could cycle 57 miles with the wind, he could go only 33 miles against the wind.What is his normal bicycling speed with no wind?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
____________________speed_____________time___________distance
WITHWIND____________r+4________________t______________57
AGAINSTWD___________r-4________________t______________33
Solve for r.
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