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Question 497459: a boat travel 10 kilometer. upstream and 10 kilometer. back. the trip upstream and back takes 1.5 hours. If the speed of the current is 5 kilometer. per hour what is the speed of the boat in still water
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Question 497518: A bird travels at 500 mph and leaves 10 minutes before his bird friend, which travels at 1500 mphs. How long does it take the friend bird to catch up to the bird that left 10 minutes before him? ... ANSWER NOW IM CURRENTLY IN MY MATH CLASS AND IN BIG TROUBLE IF YOU DONT ANSWER THIS!!
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Question 497516: I CANT FIGURE THIZ OUT: 2+1=?

LOL HElP ME :)
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Question 497590: going down the river a boat went 10mph. going up the river it only went 2mph. find the current and the speed of the boat if there were no current.
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Question 497593: A jet plane flies due north for 3 hours at 600 miles per hour. It flies into a wind blowing south at 50 miles an hour for the first 2 hours of its flight. No significant wind is encountered in the third hour. Where is the jet located after 3 hours?
a. 1200 miles north of its original position
b. 1500 miles north of its original position
c. 1700 miles north of its original position
d. 1800 miles north of its original position
e. 2100 miles north of its original position
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Question 497557: at 900am two people leave their homes that are 15 miles apart walking toward each other. if one person walks at a rate 4mph faster than the other and they meet after 1.5 hours, how fast was each person walking?
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Question 497587: traveling downstream a certain boat went 9km/h. traveling upstream it only went 1km/h. what is the speed of the current? how fast would the boat go if there were no current?
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Question 497677: Here is the question: You can jog at a speed of 8 miles per hour, and run at a speed of 12 miles per hour. If you traveled 6 miles in 40 minutes, find the amount of time you jogged as well as the amount of time you ran.
Spent 3 days trying to figure this out.
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Question 497467: Meg and her twin brother James are 3yrs older than their sister Hannah and 2yrs younger than their brother Will. If the sum of the 4 childrens age is 55, how old are the children?
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Question 497787: how long will it take a car to go 135 meters when its going 165kmph?
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Question 497787: how long will it take a car to go 135 meters when its going 165kmph?
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Question 497762: im having a hard time sloving fot (t)
60 x t/60=65(t+15)/60
Help?
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Question 497859: Matthew travels two and on-half miles to get to school. This is 3 times the distance that Jennifer travels. How far does Jennifer travel?
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Question 497993: Joe Rode His bike 50 km. It took him 6 hours and 30 minutes. What's his average speed?
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Question 497940: a bus taravels 250kilometer north in 4hours what is its average velocity?
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Question 498003: on his way to visit Soren, Peter averaged 7 mi/h on his skateboard and 4 mi/h walking. If Soren lives 6 mi away and the whole trip took 1 hr, how many miles did Peter travel by skateboard?
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Question 498064: a woman is jogging at 6 mi/h and passes a man on a bike going the opposite way at 12 mi/h. if they maintain their current speeds, how far away from each other will they be in ten minutes after passing?
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Question 498164: two boats leave a port at the same time, one traveling north, one traveling south. the northbound boat goes 12 mph faster than the southbound boat. The southbound boat is going 23 mph, how long will it take for the boats to be 87 miles apart?
I have this so far
s=23
n=35
... yeah that is it :)
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Question 498236: John covered a total distance of 16 km by walking for 45 min and running for 40 min. the next day he covered the same distance by walking for 30 min and running for 48 min How fast does he walk and how fast does he run assuming these rates are constant.
D1=D2=16 km
R1=walking
r2=running
r1T1=R2T2
3/4R1+2/3R2=16km
1/2R1+4/5R2=16km
3/4R1+2/3R2=1/2R1+4/5R2
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Question 498281: Two fishing boats depart a harbor at the same time, one traveling east, the other south. The eastbound boat travels at a speed 7 mi/h faster than the southbound boat. After five hours the boats are x = 65 mi apart. Find the speed of the southbound boat.
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Question 498277: A cyclist rides her bike at a rate of 18 kilometers per hour. What is this rate in meters per second? How many meters will the cyclist travel in 20 seconds? Do not round your answers.

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Question 498275: I don't know why I can't figure these out.
Given Running speed 12 km/hr and Biking 30 km/hr. It is a run, bike , then run.
A duathlon consists of run, a bike ride and a second run. Use the information below about the average rate of speed of a participant who completed a 55 kilometer duathlon in 2 hours and 25 minutes.
Write an equation based on the model. Solve the equation to find the time they spent running and the time they spent biking. Verify that their sum is 55 kilometers.
THanks again!!!
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Question 498157: An athlete runs 10 miles and then walks home. The trip home takes 1 hour longer than it took to run that distance. If the athlete runs 5 miles per hour faster than she walks, what are her average running and walking speeds?
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Question 498380: One runner finishes a race in one hour. A second runner finishes 20 minutes later. If the faster runner is 2mph more than the slower runner, find the rate of each runner. How do I set this up?
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Question 498393: Two bicyclists start toward each other at the same time from two places 240 miles apart, one traveling at 8 mph and the other 12 mph. At the same time a fly leaves the front of the wheel of one bicycle at a rate of 16 mph. As soon as it touches the other front wheel, the fly turns around and flies back toward the first bicycle again. This zigzag motion is continued until the front of the wheels of the bicycles meet. How far has the fly traveled?
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Question 498396: i was not sure if i was right on this question in math.can you please tell me if i am right.it is true or false.if you traveled 250 miles in 5 hours,your average speed is 50 mph. i think it is true

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Question 498347: A water tank can be emptied by using one pump for 6 hours. A second, smaller pump can empty the tank in 10 hours. If the larger pump is started at 1:00 P.M., at what time should the smaller pump be started so that the tank will be emptied at 6:00 P.M.?
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Question 498416: If i leave chicago at 6 am to go to california and it takes 43:15 to get there what time would it be in california?
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Question 498449: alice and frank went biking on a windy day. if they were able to travel 30 miles in 2 hours with the wind and only 12 miles in 2 hours against the wind, what was the rate of speed of the wind

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Question 498514: At what speed would I have to drive in order to travel 9 miles in 22.5 minutes?
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Question 498591: Alberta is going to have dinner at her grandmother's house, but she is running a bit behind schedule. As she gets onto the highway, she knows that she must exit the highway within 46 if she is not going to arrive late. Her exit is 49 away. What is the slowest speed she could drive and still arrive on time?
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Question 498606: The riders traveled 80 miles in 7.5 hr. Suppose they had travel at a constant speed for the entire trip. This constant speed would be the same as the average speed of the real trip. What was the average speed for this trip?
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Question 498629: if an airplane flies at 420 miles per hour,how many feet per minute does it fly?
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Question 498678: a bus went 318km farther than a car. the car went 1/3 as far as the bus. how far did each vehicle travel
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Question 498545: Physical Science I
Laboratory/Exercise 3

Use the following data to calculate the velocity and acceleration of a free falling object. The object is 45 meters above the ground and free falls to the earth.

Time
seconds

Distance
Meters

Average Velocity
m/s

Final Velocity
m/s

Acceleration
m/s2

0.000

0.000

0

0

0.250

0.306

0.500

1.23

0.750

2.76

1.00

4.90

1.25

7.65

1.50

11.0

1.75

15.0

2.00

19.6

2.25

24.8

2.50

30.6

2.75

37.1

3.00

44.1

Calculate the Average Velocity using: Average velocity = Distance/time.

Calculate the final velocity. Vf = 2 x Vave

Calculate the Acceleration. A = Vf / t

How do the values compare to the known value of g?

1.Highlight the tables and copy them to a Word document.
2.Save the document on your hard drive or on a floppy disk.
3.Print the tables so you can use them to manually record the data.
4.Access the web page http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/AverageVelocity/index.html
This may take several minutes depending on the transfer speed of your internet connection.5.Follow the directions to calibrate the timer.
6.Using the "Start" green line, set the zero. This is done by left-clicking the mouse on the green line, holding the left side down and moving the mouse.
7.Using the"Stop" redline, set the distance list in the table below. Same method as in 6.
8.Use only earth’s gravitation.
9.Repeat the time measurement for each distance listed
10.Calculate values for the three remaining columns
11.Enter your data, calculated values, and answers to the questions at the bottom of this sheet in the table and save it.
12.Send the table to your instructor via the drop box for grading.

Trialnumber
Distancem
Time
seconds

AverageVelocity
m/s

Final Velocity
2 x Vave

Acceleration
Vf / t

1
1.00

2
1.50

3
2.00

4
2.50

5
3.00

6
3.50

7
4.00

8
4.50

9
5.00

10
5.50

11
6.00

Average

How does the "Average" calculated values in the table compare to the known value of g? 1.Why is Vave multiplied by 2 to obtain Vf?
2.The acceleration due to gravity is what value?

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Question 498743: Mr. Franco and Mr. Jimenez each drove home from a business meeting. Mr. Franco traveled east at 100 km/hr and Mr. Jimenez traveled west at 80 km/hr. In how many hours were they 100 kilometers apart?
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Question 498729: Two buses leave Philadelphia at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus averages 55 mph, and the other 65 mph. When will they be 360 miles apart?
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Question 498797: you are driving 65mi/h and take your eyes of the road for just a second. what distance in feet do you travel in this time ?

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Question 498871: If a bus ride is 21minute how many miles is that
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Question 498893: In still water, a boat averages 15 miles per hour. It takes the same amount of time to travel 8 miles downstream, with the current, as 4 miles upstream, against the current. What is the rate of the water's current?

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Question 498894: What distance can you travel if you walk 5 miles per hour for 3 hours?
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Question 498851: Here is the problem:
If it takes you 45 minutes to clean the fish tank and it takes your sister 30 minutes. How long does it take if you work together?
Is it 45X+30x=1?
Help?
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Question 498887: two cars leave chicago, one traveling east and the other west. after 3 hours they are 297 miles apart. if the westbound car is traveling 5 mph faster than the other car, what is the speed of each car?
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Question 498953: Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
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