SOLUTION: john is riding his bike at 15 km against the wind. it takes him 1 hour to complete is trip. if he travels the same distance with the wind and it takes him 36 minutes, what is the r

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Question 235676: john is riding his bike at 15 km against the wind. it takes him 1 hour to complete is trip. if he travels the same distance with the wind and it takes him 36 minutes, what is the rate of the wind?
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Let represent the rate with no wind. Then let represent the rate of the wind.

When he is riding into the wind, his rate relative to the ground is . Riding with the wind his rate relative to the ground is .

If he goes 15 km in 1 hour, then his rate relative to the ground is 15 kph. If he goes 15 km in 36 minutes, remember that 6 minutes is .1 hour so 36 minutes must be .6 hour and his rate relative to the ground is

Now we can write:



or equivalently:



We can also write:



or equivalently:



But since , we can write:








The speed of the wind is 5 kph.

John
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