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Question 478635: A uhual truck has a 40 gallon tank and 10mpg how much gas is needed for going 700 miles
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Question 478642: how long does it take to get 1 kilometer driving at 65 miles per hour?
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Question 478686: the distance s traveled by a car in the time t at 6o kph.
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Question 478712: If I'm driving 80mph and my destination is 300 miles away , how long will it take me?
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Question 478793: pls. help me solve this prob. tnx.
prob.1. A car and a lorry set off on a 390-km journey at the same time. The lorry traveled at a speed of 60km/hr. The car reached the destination 1 and 1/2 hour earlier than the lorry. find the speed of the car.

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Question 478791: pls. help me solve this prob. tnx.
prob.1. Mary and Nancy set off on a 220- km jeepney. Nancy started the journey 15minutes earlier than mary. They reached the destination at the same time. If Nancy's speed was 80km/hr, find the Mary's speed.

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Question 478789: pls. help me solve this prob. tnx.
prob.1. john and liza set off from town A to town B, which was 240 km away. John set off 1 hour than Liza and reached town B at the same time as Liza. If Liuza's speed was 60km/hr, what was John's speed?

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Question 478740: A car used 7 gallons of gasoline to go a distance of 210 miles. At that rate, how much gasoline would the car use to go 495 miles?
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Question 478740: A car used 7 gallons of gasoline to go a distance of 210 miles. At that rate, how much gasoline would the car use to go 495 miles?
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Question 478888: If I am going to a place 60 miles away and I am driving 40 miles per hour, how long will it take to get there ?

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Question 478963: if two sides of a square field were increased by 5 feet the area of the field increase by 245ft squared. find the area of the original square.

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Question 478920: if the lake is 60 miles away and im driving 40mph how long would it take me to get there

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Question 479044: How many kilometres is Goose bay New Zealand away from Christchurch?
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Question 479080: the 888 mile trip to the mountains took three times as long as the 280 mile trip to the ocean. if the speed to the ocean was 4 mph less than the speed to the mountains, find both speeds and both times
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Question 479147: Please help me solve this equation: What is the average speed of a car that travels 360 klms in 4 hours.
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Question 479225: the average speed of a train is 465 km per hour. how far will it go in 17.5 hours
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Question 479222: if someone travled for 1 hour 10 minutes going 30 kilometers per hour howm many kilometers didi they go
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Question 479221: two cars leave a gas station at the same time traveling in opposite diretions. one car travels at 80km/hr and the other at 96km/hr. in how many hours will they be 528km apart
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Question 479309: One of the two people at a certain distance of 15 km per hour, and the other travels at the speed of 16 kilometers. The two had more than 16 minutes before someone other than a person who reached that total, how far?
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Question 479312: how long would it take to drive to seattle washington from mooresville north carolina with a car that get 18mpg going 70mph

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Question 479300: Could you help me solve this problem please?
Two limos leave south bend at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One limo averages 65 mi/h and the other limo averages 55 mi/h. After how many hours will the limos be 720 mi apart.
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Question 479354: a plane flies in a straight line to a city that is 100 kilometers east and 150 kilometers north of the point of departure. how far does it fly?
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Question 479227: Elaine jogs and walks to office every day. she averages 4km/hr walking and 8 km/hr jogging. the distance from her house to the office is 6km and she makes a trip in 1 hr. how far does she jog in a trip.
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Question 479437: What is the distance traveled at a speed of 60 km per hour, for 2 hours
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Question 479452: a car travels 250 kilometers in the same time that a truck travels 225 kilometers. if the speed of the car is 8 kilometers per hour faster than the speed of the truck, find both speeds
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Question 479473: Car travels 400 km in the first 3 hours of a trip. it stops for 2 hours and then travels final 250km in 1.5 hours. find the average speed of the car
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Question 479513: connie walks from her home to the bicycle repair shop at 6km/h and then bikes home at 20 km/h. If the total traveling time is 39 minutes, how far is it from her home to the repair shop?
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Question 479539: A ball is thrown vertically upwars of 15 feet per second from a bridge that is 55 feet above the level of the water. The height h, in feet, of the ball above the water at time t in seconds after it is thrown is h = 12t^2 + 20t - 48
Find the time when the ball strikes the water.
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Question 479482: A car travels 250 kilometrs in the same time that a truck travels 225 kilometers. If the speed of the car is 8 kilometers per hour faster than the speed of the truck, find both speeds.
What is the equation?
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Question 479543: A plane flies in a straight line to a city that is 80 kilometers west and 120 liometers south of the point of departure. How far does it fly?
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Question 479546: A ball is thrown vertically upward at a velocity of 15 feet per second from a bridge that is 55 feet above the level of the water. The height h, in feet, of the ball above the water at the time t in seconds after it is thrown is
h = 16t^2 + 20t - 48
Find the time when the ball strikes the water
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Question 479634: A number less it reciprocal is 8/3. What is the number?
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Question 479634: A number less it reciprocal is 8/3. What is the number?
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Question 479685: is a biker maintains a steady 24km/h for 40k, how long will it take the biker to complete that portion of the race?
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Question 479684: in the swim portion of the race, participants usually swim from shore to a marker some distance from shore and back. In a 1.5 k swim, how far does the entrant swim each way?
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Question 479752: A car cut off the first third of the distance at 80 km / hour. Then cut the second third at 24 km / hour. While the final third made at 48 km / hour. How was the average speed of the car in the entire distance??
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Question 479779: If I am drive 672 miles in 4 hours, what is my average spped? Can you please show formula?
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Question 479779: If I am drive 672 miles in 4 hours, what is my average spped? Can you please show formula?
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Question 479783: How many miles did I walk if I walked 8 hours straight?
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Question 479703: how many minutes will it take to drive 115 miles driving 82 mph?
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Question 479921: The elevatorin Washington Monument takes 75 seconds to travel 500 feet to the top floor. What is the spee of the elevator in miles per hour?
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Question 479906: The clark family went sailing, their boat averaged 6 kilometers per hour, The Rourke family took their boat out for the same amount of time and their boat averaged 14 K perhour the Rourke family traveled 20 kilometers farther than the Clark family, How many hour did each family spend on their boat trip?
I am trying to figure this one out..I suppose it would be sovling for time right? please let me know thank you so much
maryellen
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Question 479894: if a car is going to 55mph how fast I must go to pass it whitin a 1/4 mile?
show me the work.
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Question 479987: One person can do a certain job in 15 minutes, and another person can do the same job in 30 minutes. How many minutes will it take them to do the job together?
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