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Question 53393: a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place ate sane time and travel in the same direction. the bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. at the end of three hours they are 24 miles apart. how fast does the hiker travel? a 4mph b 8mph c 10 mph d 12 mph ( i got a 4mph)is this right NEXT QUESTION a person 4 hrs by plane and 25 hrs by ship covers 1580 miles. if the speed of the plane has been one-half of the actual speed and the speed of the ship had been one-fourth greater, the person would have traveled only 1315 miles in the same length of time. find the speeds of the plane and ship? I GOT 220 AND 28 MPH IS THIS RIGHT NEXT QUESTION there are 220 barrels of cement in one shed and 510 barrels in another shed. how many barrels must be transferred from the second to the frist shed so that the first shed will contain two-thirds as much as the second shed? which of the following equations represents this problem (A) 220 X=2/3(510+X) (B)220+X=2/3(510-X) (C) 510-X=2/3(220+X) (D) 510+X=2/3(220-X) I THOUGHT (B) WOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWER
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a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place ate sane time and travel in the same direction. the bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. at the end of three hours they are 24 miles apart. how fast does the hiker travel? a 4mph b 8mph c 10 mph d 12 mph ( i got a 4mph)is this right
O.K.GOOD JOB!
NEXT QUESTION a person 4 hrs by plane and 25 hrs by ship covers 1580 miles. if the speed of the plane has been one-half of the actual speed and the speed of the ship had been one-fourth greater, the person would have traveled only 1315 miles in the same length of time. find the speeds of the plane and ship? I GOT 220 AND 28 MPH IS THIS RIGHT
OK.EXCELLENT!
NEXT QUESTION there are 220 barrels of cement in one shed and 510 barrels in another shed. how many barrels must be transferred from the second to the frist shed so that the first shed will contain two-thirds as much as the second shed? which of the following equations represents this problem (A) 220 X=2/3(510+X) (B)220+X=2/3(510-X) (C) 510-X=2/3(220+X) (D) 510+X=2/3(220-X) I THOUGHT (B) WOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWER
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