SOLUTION: A biker can travel 18 mph with no wind. The same rider can bicycle 8 mi against the wind in the same time it takes to bicycle 12 miles with the wind. What is the speed of the wind

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Question 200898: A biker can travel 18 mph with no wind. The same rider can bicycle 8 mi against the wind in the same time it takes to bicycle 12 miles with the wind. What is the speed of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(21605) About Me  (Show Source):
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A biker can travel 18 mph with no wind. The same rider can bicycle 8 mi against the wind in the same time it takes to bicycle 12 miles with the wind. What is the speed of the wind.
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There's no way to know.
A biker doesn't travel 1 mph faster or slower when the wind is 1 mph.