SOLUTION: Please help us solve this word problem. A car driving against the wind travels 45 miles in 75 minutes. It would have traveled the same distance in 65 minutes if there had been

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Question 604032: Please help us solve this word problem.
A car driving against the wind travels 45 miles in 75 minutes. It would have traveled the same distance in 65 minutes if there had been no wind. What was the approximate speed of the wind?
Answer by Alan3354(30958) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please help us solve this word problem.
A car driving against the wind travels 45 miles in 75 minutes. It would have traveled the same distance in 65 minutes if there had been no wind. What was the approximate speed of the wind?
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This problem makes no sense.
There's no simple relationship between wind speed and car speed.