document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275984>Question 275984</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a cyclist travels 30mi in 3 hours going against the wind and 80mi in 5 hours with wind. What is the rate of the cyclist in still air and what is the rate of the wind? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #854101 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(53742)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=854101\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a cyclist travels 30mi in 3 hours going against the wind and 80mi in 5 hours with wind. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the rate of the cyclist in still air and what is the rate of the wind?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution in the post by @mananth is incorrect and makes no sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fact that the rate of the cyclist is  'x'  miles per hour at no wind and the fact <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that the rate of the wind is  'y'  miles per hour DO NOT IMPLY that the effective rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the cyclist with the wind is (x+y) mph and the effective rate of the cyclist against<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the wind is (x-y) miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Only a person absolutely illiterate in Physics could create/compose such a nonsense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No one peer-reviewed Math textbook or Physics textbook would publish such a non-sensical<BR>\n" );
document.write( "gibberish.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My advise to a reader is to ignore the problem itself as a kind of nonsense<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and ignore the solution by @mananth since it is WRONG TEACHING.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The creator of this \"problem\" should be ashamed of himself for composing such nonsense <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and distributing it on the Internet.\r<BR>\n" );
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