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Question 631149: While riding his bicycle to the park yesterday, Bill timed himself to see how fast he was riding. He left his house at 3:00 pm and arrived at the park at 3:15 pm. The park is 8 miles from his house. How fast did Bill ride?
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Question 631093: Two train 'A' and 'B' r going opposite direction to station 'x' and 'y'. They started together from different station. After they meet together 'A' train arrived on station 'y' with in 4 hours 48 minutes and 'B' train arrived on station 'x' with in 3 hours 20 minutes. If 'A' train's speed is 45 km/hr then what is the speed of train 'B' ?
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Question 631153: 1. The round trip from home to work takes 1.5 hrs. What is the distance to work if the trip going to it was done at 7 miles per hour and the return trip at 12 miles per hour? Verify.
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2. Bob rows his boat at 50 m/min going downstream and 20 m/min going upstream. How far down the river should he go so that he can return at 3:05pm; from where he started, if he left at 10:45 am? Verify.

If you can help me with these questions it'll be great! I could not find any ways to solve them. Thanks!
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Question 631255: A car travelled at 120km/h over a distance of 130 kilometres what time did it take to do this?
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Question 631254: A car travelled at 120km/h over a distance of 130 kilometres what time did it take to do this?
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Question 631198: Two trains are moving in the same direction at 80 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 24 seconds. Find the length of the faster train.
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Question 631356: if a recruit cyclist is riding at 17 km per hour how long will it take in hours and minutes for her to overtake her tutor who left 3 hours ahead and is cycling at 7km per hour
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Question 631373: distance between them is 673 miles. How long will it take for them to collide? (2/2)If 2 trains are traveling on the same track towards each other and one is going 100 MPH and the other is going 87 MPH and the starting distance between them is 673 miles. How long will it take for them to collide?
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Question 631486: during the course of her daily errands sally drove her car distances of 4 1/8, 5 5/12 and 3 2/3 miles. what was the total distance sally drove her car ?
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Question 631522: If a person runs a distance of 1 mile at an average speed of 10 mph, how much time would it take to complete the run in minutes?
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Question 631553: If a car drove for 30 minutes and went 10 miles what was his average speed?
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Question 631557: If Joe boards a train in LA traveling 65 mph and Jane boards one in NY traveling 50 mph, distance is 2,778 miles, when will they intersect?
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Question 631559: Rick and Hilary drive from positions 378 miles apart toward each other. They meet after 3 hours. Find the average speed of each if Hilary travels 30 miles per hour faster than Rick.
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Question 631327: A bicycle rider left at 6 a.m. city A to city B at the speed of 15 km an hour. At 8 a.m. a car left city A for city B at the speed of 75 km an hour.
The car arrived to B, stayed there 2 hours and started driving back to A at the same speed. After a 1/4 of the way back the car met the bicycle.
What is the distance between A to B?

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Question 631659: A motorboat can maintain a constant speed of 16 mph relative to the water. The boat makes a trip upstream to a marina in 20 minutes. The return trip takes 15 minutes. What is the speed of the current?
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Question 631703: Hamma is training by running to a post across a field and then back. She runs the outward leg at 7m/s and the return leg at 5m/s.She takes 15.4 s.Find the distance to the post
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Question 631909: A car is driving at 70 miles per hour. What is its speed in miles per second?
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Question 631952: A man travels 46 miles in 40 minutes,what is the cars speed in mph
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Question 631943: An ambulance travels 350km in 4 hours and 35 minutes. what is its average speed?
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Question 631821: a car travelling at 60 km/hr overtakes another car travelling at 42 km/hr. Assuming each car to be 5.0 m long, find the time taken during the overtake and the total distance used for the overtake
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Question 631985: A car gets 22.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 30 mpg on the highway. The car is driven 465 miles on 18.4 gallons of gasoline. How many miles were driven in the city and how many miles were driven on the highway?
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Question 632040: going 31 miles in 3 hours 38 minutes. how fast "miles per hour" are you going?
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Question 632052: a person walks 25km in 3hours and 50 minutes. What is the person's average speed in km/h?
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Question 632085: Two motorcyclists start at the same point and travel opposite directions. One travels 10 miles faster than the other. In 2 hours they are 336 miles apart. How fast is each one traveling?
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Question 632125: During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 95 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 17 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed 5 mph slower. The total time for the trip is 5 hrs. What was the speed on each part of the trip? "Round to the nearest hundreth"
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Question 632049: A train travels 45km in an hour.How many metres is that in one minute?
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Question 632147: The speed of a moving sidewalk at an airport is 2ft/sec. A person can walk 28 ft forward on the moving sidewalk in the same time it takes to walk 11 ft on a nonmoving sidewalk in the opposite direction. At what rate would a person walk on a nonmoving sidewalk?
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Question 632163: If you run 7 miles per hour for 30 seconds, how many yards will you have traveled?
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Question 632163: If you run 7 miles per hour for 30 seconds, how many yards will you have traveled?
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Question 632262: The problem states : A car starts from P at time t=0 and travels at 45 mph. Write an expression d(t) for the distance the car travels from P. And all I've gotten is d(t)=t and I dont know where to go from there
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Question 632280: A vehicle is traveling 35 mph. It takes that vehicle 12 minutes to reach its destination. How far away is that distance (in miles).
I am unsure how to do this type of math problem. Can you please explain it to me.
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Question 632293: Granville and Preston are 528 miles apart. A car leaves Preston bound for Granville at 47 mph. At the same time, another car leaves Granville bound for Preston at 41 mph. How long will it take them to meet?
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Question 632320: During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 42 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 4 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed 5 mph slower. The total time for the trip is 4 hrs. What was the speed on each part of the trip?
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Question 632288: Two crews working toward each other are 21.25 miles apart. One crew paves 1.4 miles of highway per day, and the other paves 1.1 miles per day. How long will it take them to meet? Give the answer to one decimal place, if necessary.
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Question 632285: Karen traveled 640 miles by boat and returned by plane. She spent 42 hours traveling on the trip. If the rate of the plane is 20 times faster than the rate of the boat, find each rate.
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Question 632286: Greg lives 25 miles from school. One day he takes the bus to school and returns home by car. His total travel time is 1 1⁄2 hours. If the car travels at twice the rate of the bus, find the average rates of the bus and car.
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Question 632364: Sandy and Kelvin live 385 miles apart. They each leave home at 3:00 P.M. Sandy drives 60 mph, and Kelvin drives 50 mph. At what time will they meet?

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Question 632407: Red Riding Hood drives the 432 miles to go Grandmother’s house in 1 hour less than it takes the Wolf to drive the same route. Her average speed is 6 mph faster than the Wolf’s average speed. How fast does Red Riding Hood drive?
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Question 632681: I ride a bicycle 6.2 miles each morning. It takes me 40 minutes to travel this distance. What is my rate of travel?
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Question 632723: Ed rode his bike for 2 more hours than Ann rode hers. Ed traveled 24 miles and Ann traveled 6 miles. If they both rode at the same speed, for what length of time did Ed ride his bike?
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Question 632732: A bus travels 65 mph for 2 hours and then increases its speed to 70 mph for one more hour. How far does the bus travel in the 3-hour period?
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