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Question 241179: if jake runs 18 miles in 3 hour, what was his speed
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Question 241089: Rachel allows herself 1 hr to reach a sales appointment 50 miles away. After she has driven 30 miles, she realizes that she must increase her speed by 15 mph in order to get there on time. What was her speed for the first 30 miles?
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Question 241120: if earth had an high way and a car can go 55 miles/hr and leave november 10 when would you arrive
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Question 241090: In a stream, the amount S of salt carried varies directly as the sixth power of the speed V of the stream.
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Question 241034: a driver who drives at a speed of r mph for t hr will travel a distance of d mi given by d= rt mi. How far will a driver travel at a speed of 61 mph for 5 hrs? What is the distance traveled?
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Question 241087: Bob, driving a new Ford, travels 330 miles in the same amount of time it takes John, driving an old Chevy and traveling 10 miles per hour faster, to travel 390 miles. How fast is John driving?
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Question 240990: The problem is: Two planes are 6000 miles apart, and their speeds differ by 200 miles per hour. They travel toward each other and meet in 5 hours. Find the speed of the slower plane.
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Question 241020: a man travels 100 miles North from point A and than 200 miles west how far from point A is the man?
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Question 240734: A remote control car races straight down the street at 26 miles per hour. Two hours later, a second remote control car races straight down the same street at 52 miles per hour in pursuit of the first car. From the moment the first car started, how many hours will it take the second car to catch up to the first?

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Question 240857: A plane with the wind traveled 855 miles at 143mph. flying against the wind at the same rate of speed it traveled 575 miles. Find the rate of the wind and the time it took to travel in either direction.
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Question 240922: If a truck traveling to town b from town a, going at a speed of 45km an hour and another truck traveling to town a from town b, is going at a speed of 54km an hour and 20 minutes later they meet each other. How far is the distance between town a and town b?
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Question 240800: A train leaves a station and travels north at 50km/hr. Three hours later, a second train leaves on a parallel track and travels north at 90km/hr. How far from the station will they meet?
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Question 240529: The capacities of two trucks are 3 tons and 4 tons respectively. If the smaller truck makes 18 more trips than the larger, it can deliver 12 more tons of freight than the larger. How many trips does each truck make?
Let x represent the number of trips that the larger truck makes. Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

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Question 240735: If I travel to point A going 50 kilometers an hour and it takes ten minutes how long will it take to reach point A going 40 kilometers an hour
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Question 240717: One car travels 20 km/hr faster than another. While one of them travels 240 km, the other travels 180 km. Find the speed of the fast car.
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Question 240662: One car traveling 40 Km/hr left a certain place 4 hours later than another car traveling in the same direction at the rate of 30 km/hr. In how many hours will the faster car overtake the other?
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Question 240589: Dr. Pepper left Oakville at 9:00AM and drove to Central City at 60 km/h H. Salt left Oakville at 11:00AM and traveled the same route to Central City. If both mean arrived in Central City at 4:00PM, at what rate did H. Salt travel?
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Question 240575: you want to jog three miles in 45 mins.What must your speed be in miles per hour?
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Question 240572: if d=rt,and if r=60 and t=4,what does d equal?
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Question 240511: I need to solve the following word problem using the system of linear equations in two variables. The word problem I am having trouble with is:
Traveling with the current, a canoe can go 48 miles in 4 hours. traveling against the current, it takes 6 hours to go the same distance. find the speed of the canoe in still water.
I came up with the following linear equations:
12=x+y for speed of canoe with current
8=x-y for speed of canoe against current
I solved for each variable and came up with x=10, y=2.
My question is which one is the correct answer for finding the speed of the canoe in still water? My thought is it is x=10.
Please help
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Question 240512: I need to solve the following word problem using the system of linear equations in two variables. The word problem I am having trouble with is:
Traveling with the current, a canoe can go 48 miles in 4 hours. traveling against the current, it takes 6 hours to go the same distance. find the speed of the canoe in still water.
I came up with the following linear equations:
12=x+y for speed of canoe with current
8=x-y for speed of canoe against current
I solved for each variable and came up with x=10, y=2.
My question is which one is the correct answer for finding the speed of the canoe in still water? My thought is it is x=10.
Please help
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Question 240428: SOLVE:
ERIN RIDES HER BIKE AT A CONSTANT SPEED FOR 21 MILES. SHE THEN RETURNS HOME AT THE SAME SPEED BUT TAKES A DIFFERENT ROUTE. HER RETURN TRIP TAKES ONE HOUR LONGER AND IS 26 MILES. FIND HER SPEED.
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Question 240302: What formula is utilized to answer: if vehicle A and vehicle B leave from the same location, traveling same direction but at different speeds how many miles will it take vehicle B to Catch vehicle A if B is going 120 mph and A is going 100 MPH?
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Question 240270: a train traveled m miles from the station. if it travels 87 miles more how far will it be from the station
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Question 240198: Train A and Train B are traveling in the same direction. Train A is traveling 120 mph, Train B is traveling 150 mph. If train A leaves the station at 2:30am, and Train B leaves the same station at 5:30am, what time will Train B catch up to Train A?

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Question 240099: Two cars depart form the same place. One heads north at a certain speed, and the other car heads east at a speed 7mph faster than the first car. After one hour the cars are 17 miles apart. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 239947: At 8:00 am the smiths left a campground driving at 48 mi/hour. At 8:20 the Garcias left the same campground and followed the same route driving at 60 mi/hour. At what time did they overtake the Smiths?
I thought that I had to take 20/60 to get 1/3, to make minutes into hours, and add it to 60t. Then have 48t equal that. (Shown Below)
48t = 60(t+1/3)
Then, I distributed, and got:
48t = 60t + 20
I subtracted 60t from 48t, and got this:
-28t = 20
I divided 28 by 20, and got 1.4, but I'm not sure if my answer is right. Can you help me?

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Question 239890: How far would one travel @ 20 mph for 35 seconds?
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Question 239900: Let?s say that you are driving on a straight route to a set
destination, and you can drive at any speed you like. You
stop for a few minutes but when you arrive at the halfway
point, you discover that you have averaged only 20 miles
per hour. So you decide to forego any more stops and drive
fast enough to average 40 miles per hour for the entire trip. If you keep a steady speed, how fast should you drive?
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Question 239884: I can not find the correct formula for the following problem:
Tina runs 10 miles in 70 minutes. How long does it take her to run 7 miles?
I have tried the Distance= rate x time but it doesn't make sense.
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Question 239818: if your driving 20 mph and it takes you 35 seconds to get from point a to point b how far of a distance is that
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Question 239829: the problem is" at 3:00p, two cars are 345 miles apart and are tavelling toward each other. if one car is travelling at 55mph and the other at 60mph, at what time will they meet?

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Question 239813: traveling at 20 mph how far will i travel in 35 seconds?
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Question 239731: one day a store sold 30 sweatshirts. white ones cost $9.95, and yellow ones cost $10.50. in all, $310.60 worth of sweatshirts were sold. how many of each color were sold?
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Question 239648: how longs it take to travel 240km at 100km/hr
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Question 239415: A biker completed a trip from town A to town B. If he rode 3 km per hour faster, then he could spend one hour less for this trip. If he rode 2 km per hour slower, he would be one hour late.
Find the distance between towns, speed of the biker, and time of traveling.

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Question 239249: Norfolk to Chadron
On Monday Chuck drove from Norfolk to Valentine averaging 47 mph.
On Tuesday he continued to Chadron averaging 69 mph.
His driving time on Monday was 2 hours longer than his driving time on Tuesday.
If the total distance from Norfolk to Chadron is 326 miles, than how many hours did he drive on Monday?
How far is Valentine to Chadron?

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Question 239236: Against a head wind, Jeff computes his flight time for a trip of 2900 miles at 5 hours. The flight would take 4 hours and 50 minutes if the head wind were half as much. Find the head wind and the plane's air speed.
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Question 239059: Suppose That A Flare Is Launched Upward With An Initial Velocity Of 80 Ft/sec From A Height Of 224 Ft. Its Height In Feet, H(t), After T Seconds Is Given By H(t) = -16t2 + 80t + 224 After How Long Will The Flare Reach The Ground?

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Question 239156: Two trains are traveling on parallel tracks.

Train A is going 40 mph and Train B is going 48 mph.

Train A will pass the station at 5:20 p.m.

Train B will pass the same station at 5:35 p.m.

At what time will Train B catch up to Train A?

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Question 239094: How many hours does it take if you are going 70 mph and have 395 miles left
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Question 239040: if i were able to drive to Mars in a car that goes 100 km an hour many days, hours, years would it take to get there i am 12 and how old would i be when i get there?
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Question 238980: a person rides 15 miles per hour fo 2 hours
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