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Question 579484: if it takes a train at 80 mph 4 hours to travel from one place to another if the train traveled at 60 mph how long would it take to make the same trip?
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Question 579491:

Teresa runs 6 miles in 50 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would she run in 30 minutes?

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Question 579493: I desparately need help on this word problem! I am able to get part a, but b and c are giving me trouble.
A rescue helicopter is flying an aircraft carrier 350 miles to Pearl Harbor. The point of no return is the point where it would take as much time to fly back to aircraft carries as it would to fly on to Pearl Harbor. The airspeed of the helicopter is 175mph & it's flying with a 25mph tailwind. A. Calculate the total time for the helicopter to fly to Pearl Harbor. B. once the helicopter is at the point of no return, determine the time it will take to complete the trip.
C. Use the results from parts A & B to determine the time for the helicopter to reach the point of no return. Thanking in advance for your help!!
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Question 579215: A refrigerated truck leaves a rest stop traveling at a steady rate of 56 mi/h. A car leaves the same rest stop 1/4 h later following the truck at a steady pace of 64mi/h. How long after the truck leaves the rest stop will the car overtake the truck?
I am wondering how you make an equation for a problem like that and then how you would solve it.
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Question 579788: your car is going 78 mph on the freeway. another car is going 54 mph in the opposite direction. how fast is the person in the other car going, relative to you?
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Question 579824: At exacthy 12:00 noon, two cars pass each other, heading in opposite directions on parallel roads. One is going 60mph; the other is going 45 mph. At what time will the cars be 140 miles apart?

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Question 579952: If you drove on a straight road, nonstop, at 65 mph, approximately how long would it take to drive from the Sun?
4 years
164 years
1064 years
10,064 years

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Question 579987: A train went 400 miles from city A to city B at a speed of 80 mph . At what speed should it travel on the way back if wants to have an average speed of 96 mph for the entire round-trip journey ?
I got answer 112.
x = 2nd speed.
(80+x)/2=96
x = 112
but some say it should be 120. How?
Thanks.

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Question 580138: a bicycle wheel with a diameter of 18in travels 2000ft how many revolutions does the wheel make
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Question 579988: A car went 372 miles in 6 hours, traveling part of the time at 55 mph and part of the time at 70 mph. How long did the car travel at each speed?
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Question 580262: The average speed of an express train is 14 miles per hour more than 1/3 the speed of a freight train. In two hours the express train travels the same distance as the freight rain in three hours. Find the average speed of each train. I need the answer before tomorrow! Please Help Me.
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Question 580159: Your fishing boat moves at 12 miles per hour relative to the surrounding water. You ride it from your house up the Mississippi River to a point that’s 16 miles distant, and then return to your house. The round trip takes 4 hours. The speed of the river is
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Question 580463: how long does it take a car going at an average velocity of 110 km/hr to go 100m in seconds?

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Question 580499: A boat leaves a shipping dock and travels 72 miles due west then 99 miles due north. Which is closest to the straight line distance between the boat and the shipping dock?
a. 27 miles
b. 68 miles
c. 122 miles
d. 170 miles
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Question 580523: If it takes you 3 hours to go to Atlanta, a distance of 280 miles, what is your average speed per hour?
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Question 580597: The Speed of a car is 1.5 times the speed of bus.If the car travels at the speed of 60 km/hr. What will be the difference in the time taken by the bus and the time taken by the bus and the time taken by the car to Cover 72 Kms
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Question 580489: Bonnie left Dallas and drove north at 40 miles per hour. Three hours later Clyde headed north from Dallas on the same road at 70 miles per hour until he caught up with Bonnie. How long did Bonnie drive before Clyde caught up. HOw far had she driven.
I don't need the answer as much as I need to know how to solve the problem.
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Question 580738: A motorboat takes 5 hours to travel 450 mi going upstream. The return trip takes 3 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 580825: A train traveling 50mph for 20 minutes how many miles did it travel?
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Question 580830: A car travels 90 miles in 1.5 hours. How many miles will it travel in 5 hours if its speed remains the same?
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Question 580914: how much time does it take for a bird flying at a speed of 45 miles per hour to travel a distance of 1,800 miles?
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Question 580812: Coming from opposite directions, a freight train and a passenger train pass each other on parallel tracks. The passenger train travels at 60 mph. The freight train travels at 30 mph. A passenger oberves that it takes 6 seconds to pass the freight train. How many feet long is the freight train?
HINT: There are 5, 280 feet in a mile.
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Question 581060: if you traveled at 60 miles an hour how many miles would you have traveled in 5 hrs.and 30 min.
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Question 581118: Two trains left a station at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. One train traveled for 144 minutes at a rate that was 5 kilometers per hour faster than the speed of the first train. The faster train went twice as far as the slower train. How far did each train travel?
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Question 581152: A paddle boat can move at a speed of 20 km/h in still water. The boat is paddled 14 km downstream in a river in the same time it takes to go 7 km upstream. What is the speed of the river?
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Question 581150: A truck enters a highway going 60 mph. A car enters the highway 15minutes later and drives 68 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Question 581149: A boat travels upstream and back in 12 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 25 kilometers per hour and the current in the river is 10 kilometers per hour, how far upstream did the boat travel?
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Question 581228: a car travels at a constant 84 mph in one direction then comes back covering the same distance at a constant 63 mph, what is the average speed?
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Question 581210: A boat leaves a dock and travels at a rate of 36 kilometers per hour. Twenty minutes later a second boat leaves the same dock and travels the same route at 50 kilometers per hour. How long will it take the second boat to be five kilometers behind the first boat?
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Question 581284: horatio travels 20 miles to the mall at 36mph but returns back to school in 15 minutes. how fast did he drive back to school?

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Question 581263: Two bikes begin traveling towards each other, at a starting distance of 15 miles apart. Bike A is traveling at 10mph, Bike B is traveling at 5 mph. There is a fly that flies from front tire to front tire of the two bikes, going back and forth at a rate of 20 mph. How many miles will the fly travel before he gets squashed between the two bikes?
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Question 581312: Dave and sara live 50 miles apart and travel towards each other on their bikes. Sara leaves on time and dave leaves 2 hours later but tries to make up for it by riding 7 mph faster than sara.Find the speed of both sara and dave on their bikes, if sara is on the bike for 4 hours.
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Question 581323: A cyclist rode the first 16 mile-portion of his workout at a constant speed. For the 12 mile cool down portion of his workout, he reduced his speed by 2 miles per hour. Each portion took the same time. Find his speed during the first portion and the second cool down portion.
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Question 581331: Me and my friend are traveling In opposite directions and my friend drives 15 mph faster than me after 2 hours we are 190 miles apart what Is both of our speeds?
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Question 581342: how far can a car travel at 90 kilometers per hour in 4.5 hours?
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Question 581347: Marcus drives from one town to another in 6 hours. on the return trip, his speed is increased by 10 mph and the trip takes 5 hours. Find his rate on the return trip. how far apart are the towns?
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Question 581351: During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 44 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 15 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed 5 mph slower. The total time for the trip is 2 hrs. What was the speed on each part of the trip?
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Question 581333: send me ans wit xplntn
Three partners invest Rs.2000, Rs.2500 and Rs.1100 in a business and earn a profit of 560. then, he share of person who invested Rs.2500 is
a) Rs.200
b) Rs.250
c) Rs.300
d) Rs.350
A train covers a distance between stations A and B in 45 Minutes. If the speed is reduced by 5 km/hour. It will cover the same distance in 48 Minutes, What is the distance between station A & B in Km? A) 60 B) 64 C) 80 D) 84
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Question 581367: 62. Navigation. In 3 sec, Penny walks 24 ft, to the bow (front) of a tugboat. The boat is cruising at a rate of 5 ft/sec. What is Penny’s rate of travel with respect to land?
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Question 581382: Danielle drives from her home to the store at an average speed of 40mph. She returns home along the same route an an average speed of 60mph an hour. What is her average speed in miles per hour for her entire trip?
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Question 581139: Alexis can clean a gym in 5 hours. Isiah can clean a gym in 6 hours, and ray can do it in 10 hours. They plan to work together to get the job done quickly but Alexis and isiah show up a hour late. Is ray worked for a hour how much longer will it take them to clean the gym if they work together?
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Question 581306: 2 cars travels from same point along parallel lanes of highway for a distance of 10miles. When car 1 travels at a speed of 60 mph to reach end and how much further will car 2 have to travel if it's traveling at 48mph
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