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Question 509896: if a vehicle is traveling 35 miles per hour, how many feet a second is it traveling?
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Question 510044: A car travels for 3 hours its average speed is 75 km/h
Work out the total distance the car travels.
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Question 509874: a car travels at an average speed of 30.0 m/s for 0.8 h. find the total distance traveled in km.
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Question 510213: A migrating elephant herd started moving at a rate of 6 miles per hour. One elephant stood still and was left behind. Then this stray sensed danger and began running at a rate of 10 miles per hour to reach the heard. The stray caught up in 5 minutes. How long (in hours) did the stray run to catch up? How far did it run?
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Question 510261: a boat tavels at 50 miles per hour how many miles has he traveled in 6 mins.

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Question 510217: Jason' s house is 5 2/3 miles from the airport. He drives to the airport at an average speed of 61 mph, then drives home at an average speed of 57 mph. Approximately how many minutes was his round trip?
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Question 510728: If you travel 1460 miles in a vehicle with 8 mpg, how much would gas cost at $5 per gallon?
I tried dividing the 8 mpg into 1460 miles and came up with 182.5. Dividing that by 5 gave me 36.5 and multiplying it gave me 912.5.
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Question 510862: a car traveled 80 miles per hour for 4 1/2 miles, how far did the car tavel in the 4 1/2 hour time period
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Question 510872: A salmon fishing boat on a BC river travelled 96 km upstream (against the current in 4h. Returning downstream at the same speed, it took 3h. Find the speed of the fishing boat in still water and the speed of the river's current
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Question 510879: A window washer climbs a 23 foot ladder to wash a large window. Just when the washer reached the top of the ladder, his pail fell 21 feet to the ground. Find the distance from the building to the foot of the ladder. Approximate to the nearest integer and draw a diagram. I used a squared plus b squared in c squared and came up with 31.14 and rounded it to 31. Is this correct and if so i don't understand how to draw the diagram. Please help. Thank you in advance.
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Question 510665: The receiver in a football game catches a pass 45 yards from the end zone. He runs 12 yards per second
toward the end zone. The defender is 10 yards behind the receiver. He runs 14 yards per second toward the end zone. Will the defender catch the receiver before he reaches the end zone? If not, by how much time will the receiver beat him?
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Question 510858: when a sound travels through water, the distance (y) in meters that the sound travles in (x) seconds is given by the eqation (y)=1440x
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Question 510922: determine the number of years in 360 seconds ( DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS)
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Question 510982: Could you please help me solve this:
Paula leaves home driving 40 miles per hour. One hour later, her brother Dan leaves home, driving in the same direction as his sister at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How long does it take Dan to catch up to Paula?
If you could please show all work so that I can understand.
Thank you so much I need thhis as soon as possible.
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Question 511070: If you walked 7 1/4 miles at a rate of 2 1/2 miles per hour, how long in hours and minutes will it take to complete the walk?
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Question 511121: The graph represents Jason's speed on a trip. What is the rate of change for the period of time between 10 and 20 minutes?
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Question 510833: plane A is 40 miles south and 100 miles east of plane B. plane A is flying 2 miles west for ever mile it flies north, while plane B is flying 3 miles east for every mile it flies south. where do there paths cross?

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Question 511252: a bus travels 360 km in 5 hr. find the average speed in km/ hr in m/s

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Question 511267: 120% of 500 miles is how many miles?
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Question 511267: 120% of 500 miles is how many miles?
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Question 511323: how long would it take to run a mile if you were travelling at a constant speed of 10 miles per hour?
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Question 511376: hi can someone help me with this..
Town A is 11 miles west of Town B. A man walks from A to B at the rate of 3 miles per hour, and another man, starting at the same time walks from B to A at the rate of 4miles per hour.Find the times after starting that the men are 2 miles apart.
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Question 511374: hi can someone help me with this..
A man can row 12 miles upstream in a river and back in 7 1/2 hours. He can row 1 mile upstream in th same time that he can row 4 miles downstream. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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Question 511382: two groups of tourists traveled by automobiles. one group averaged 45 kilometers per hour and the other 35 kilometers per hour. the faster group traveled 30 kilometers farther than the slower group and made the trip in two hours less time. how long did each party travel?
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Question 511340: A man leaves home driving at the rate of 50mph. When his daughter discovers that he has forgotten his wallet, she drives after him at the rate of 65mph. How long will it take her to catch her dad if he has a 15-minute head start?
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Question 511072: If you walked 7 1/4 miles at a rate of 2 1/2 miles per hour, how long in hours and minutes will it take to complete the walk?
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Question 511422: two cars leave a parking lot and travel in opposite directions one travels at 10 miles per hour and the other travels at 7 miles per hour in how many hours will the two cars be 68 miles apart.
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Question 511437: a distance of 330 km is covered at a speed of 22 km per hour find the time taken for the journey

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Question 511437: a distance of 330 km is covered at a speed of 22 km per hour find the time taken for the journey

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Question 511398: Mahmoud runs to a marker and back in 15 minutes. His speed on the way to the marker was 5m/s and his speed on the way back was 4m/s. Find the distance to the marker.
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Question 511445: A plane flying with the wind went 350 miles in 2 hours. The return trip, flying against the wind, took 2.8 hours. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind.

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Question 511461: How fast do I have to walk to reach 2200 feet in 6 minutes?
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Question 511486: how many hours would it take to travel 276 miles?
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Question 511473: What speed does a treadmill have to be set at to achieve a distance of 2200 feet
in a 6 minute timed walk? I am currrently able to walk 3.8 mph.
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Question 511617: A car maintains a constant speed of 90km/hr along a motorway for 18 minutes. How far (in kilometres) did the car travel in this time ?
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Question 511631: If a person makes a turn and has to drive 300 yards, how long would it take to drive an SLK mercedes from 0 to 66 miles per hour? Please note the person is not going to floor or race the car to get to 66 miles per hour)
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Question 511634: If a person is driving 150 yards how long would it take to go from 0 to 66 miles per hour, if one was driving a Mercedes?
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Question 511633: Is it feasible to travel 120 yards in an SLK Mercedes and go from 0 to 66 miles per hour? What would one need to do to go that fast?
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Question 511633: Is it feasible to travel 120 yards in an SLK Mercedes and go from 0 to 66 miles per hour? What would one need to do to go that fast?
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Question 511629: How many feet and yards would it take for an SLK Mercedes to reach 66 miles per hour?
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Question 511629: How many feet and yards would it take for an SLK Mercedes to reach 66 miles per hour?
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Question 511645: jeff starts driving at 60 mph from the same point that lauren starts driving 50 mph. they drive in opposite directions and lauren has a half an hour head start. how long will jeff drive before they are 300 miles apart

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Question 511715: A pilot flies 300km [E] and then 300km [W] at airspeed of 300km/h. A 30km/h wind is blowing to the east.
What is the pilot’s velocity relative to the ground for each leg of the trip?
What is the time for each leg of the trip, in minutes?
How long would the total trip take?
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Question 511706: A 150 metres long train crosses a man walking at the speed of 6km/h in the opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the train in km/h is how much?
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