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Question 20873: Jimmy is traveling at a speed of 135 mi/hr. What is his speed in feet per second?

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Question 21190: As shown on a travel map, one route measures 6 and 1/8 inches and the other 6 and 1/2 inches. If 1 inch represents 40 miles, how many miles difference in distance is there between the two routes?
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Question 21181: Two trains are 150 miles apart. The two trains meet after 3 hours. Train A is 10 mph faster than train B. What is the average speed for each train?
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Question 21332: After robbing a bank in Dodge City, a robber gallops off at 12 mi/h. 20 minutes later, the marshall leaves to pursue the robber at 16 mi/h. How long (in hours) does it take the marshall to catch up to the robber?

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Question 21339: A freight tain leaves a station at 4:00 p.m. traveling ay 30 kilometers per hour. A passenger train leaves 1 hour later, traveling at 50 kilometers per hour. At what time will the passenger train overtake the frieght train.
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Question 21338: A freight tain leaves a station at 4:00 p.m. traveling ay 30 kilometers per hour. A passenger train leaves 1 hour later, traveling at 50 kilometers per hour. At what time will the passenger train overtake the frieght train.
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Question 21404: Two cars A and B having speeds of 50km/h and 60km/h are 440km apart. They start moving towards each other at 1:00. At what time will they meet?
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Question 21541: As shown on a travel map, one route measures 5 and 1/8 inches and the other 5 and 1/2 inches. If 1 inch represents 80 miles, how many miles difference in distance is there between the two routes?
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Question 21558: Idont understand how to answer this question, because I need to show an algebraic equation.
On a 520 mile trip, Thu and Cleo shared the driving. Cleo drove 80 miles more than Thu drove. How far did each person drive.
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Question 21561: Please help me solve this problem using algebraic equation.
Chris is three years older than David. David is twice as old as Rick. The sum of Rick's age and David's age is 81. How old is Rick?
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Question 21642: Can someone help with this problem! I can't seem to figure it out and my parents are of no help.
The rail line between two cities consist of two segments, one 96km longer than the other. A passenger train averages 60km/h over the shorter segment, 120 km/h over the longer, and 100 km/h for the entire trip. How far apart are the cities?
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Question 21711: A motorboat can go 10 miles downstream in 20 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for this boat to go back upstream the same 10 miles. Find the speed of the current.
Not sure if I did this one right, I got 10 mph. Is this right?
Thanks!!
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Question 21778: A man can row 20km downstream in the time he takes to row 8km upstream. He rows downstream for 1 hr. and 30 min.,then turns and row back for 3 hrs, but he find that he still 3 km from his starting place. Find the rate of the manin still water?
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Question 21947: Julia framed an oil painting that ther uncle gave her. The painting was 4 inches longer than it was wide, and it took 176 inches of frame molding. What were the dimensions of the picture?
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Question 21949: A jet flew at an average speed of 640 mph from Los Angeles to Chicago. Because of head winds the jet averaged only 512 mph on the return trip, and the return trip took 48 minutes longer. How many hours was the flight from Chicage to Los Angeles? How far is it from Chicago to Los Angeles?
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Question 21948: On Saturday morning, Lynn walked for 2 hours and then ran for 30 minutes. If she ran twice as fast as she walked and she covered 12 miles altogether, then how fast did she walk?
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Question 21924: Sue leaves home at 9 a.m. bicycling at a rate of 28 mi/h. Two hours later, Joe leaves driving at the rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will Joe catch up with Sue?

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Question 21980: You are driving at a speed of 55 miles per hour to your sister's house. At 1 P.M you are 150 miles from her house. Write an equation that models the distance from your sister's house in terms of the number of hours since 1 P.M.
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Question 22028: A ship travels from New York to Southampton, England at 33 miles per hour. A plane traveling 605 miles per hour takes 104 hours less time to make the same trip. How far apart are the two cities?
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Question 22105: River flows at 2 mph. Phil can paddle in still water at 8 mph. If he is 4 miles downstream from a log floating toward him, how long will it take him to reach the log?
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Question 22167: If it takes a Dell Dimension-8300 computer 4 hours to crack a UNIX password file and Gateway E-6100 computer
twice as long to crack the same password file, how long would it take the two of them, working together
(assume we can get two of them to work together) to crack the file, if each computer works at its respective
individual speed?

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Question 22207: I need to write an algebraic statement to describe this situation, and I am stumped! One person can carry a 4-day supply of food and water for a trip across the desert that takes 6 days to cross. One person cannot make the trip alone because the food and water would be gone after 4 days. How many people would have to start out in order for one person to get across and the others to return to the starting point?
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Question 22284: A bus leaves a station at 1 PM, traveling west at an average rate of 44 mi/h. One hour later a second bus leaves the same station, traveling east at a rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will the two buses be 274 miles apart?
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Question 22294: I also need help with the problem number 19022 that MelanieBCC answered. A plane flies 720 mi against a steady 30-mi/h headwind and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10 h, what is the plane's speed in still air?
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Question 22301: Please help me with this problem:
An airplane takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 3360 km with a tail wind.
The return trip against the wind takes 5 hours and 36 minutes. Find
the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air. Assume that
both speeds are constant during the trip.
Thanks
Sandy
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Question 22449: Paul leaves his house on a bike riding at 15 mph, one hour later, Ray leaves in his car following the same route. If ray drives at 45 mph, how long will it take him to catch Paul
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Question 22482: two amtrak trains travelling parallel tracks leave new york at the same time. the speed of one train is 18 mph faster than the other, if the faster train traves 378 mph, in the same time that the other trains travels 270 mph, .Find the speed of each train
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Question 22522: A car travels on the freeway at an average speed of 54 mph. How long does it take to travel 10 miles?
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Question 22597: I need help with this problem
John's sailboat took 3 hours to make a trip downstream with a 6 kilometer per hour current. The return triip took 5 hours. Find the speed of the sailboat in still water.
Thanks
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Question 22601: a boat takes 2 hours longer to go 45 miles up a river than to return. If the boat's speed in still water is 12 mph, what is the rate of the current?
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Question 22708: A plane flies 900 miles in 3 hours with a tail wind. It takes the sme plane 5 hours to fly 900 miles against the wind. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind.
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Question 22802: Please help me solve this problem. I have tried, but it seems like something is missing.
Rosa drives to Barnesville at 50 mph and returns by a road 5 miles longer at 40 mph. The return trip takes 15 minutes longer. How long is each road?
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Question 22657: Please HELP!
a boat takes 2 hours longer to go 45 miles up a river than to return. If the boat's speed in still water is 12 mph, what is the rate of the current
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Question 22888: From a point on a river, two boats are driven in opposite directions, one at 8 miles per hour and the other at 5 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 52 miles apart?
A. 1 hour
B. 6 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours

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Question 22873: My son is in the six grade. Can you please help us with this problem.
A rectangular Persian carpet has a perimeter of 204 inches. The length of the carpet is 30 inches more than the width. What are the dimensions of the carpet?
Thanks

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Question 22892: Amy travels 450 miles at a certain speed. If the car had gone 15mph faster, the trip would have taken one hour less. Find Amy's speed.
A. 78 mph
B. 75 mph
C. 68 mph
D. 72 mph
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Question 22933: two trains started from the same station at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. after traveling 10 hours, they were 1400 miles apart. the rate of the fast train exceeded the rate of the slow train by 5 miles per hour. what is the rate of each train?
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Question 22934: two planes left at the the same time from two airports which are 4500 miles apart and flew toward each other. In 5 hours, they passed each other. the rate of the fast plane was twice the rate of the slow plane. what is the rate of each plane?
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Question 22953: Could I please have help with this:
salem and vernonville are 208 miles apart. A car leaves salem traveling towards vernonville, and another car leaves vernonville at the same time, traveling towards salem. The car leaving salem averages 10 miles per hour more than the other, and they meet after 1 hour and 36 minutes. what are the average speeds of the cars?
the car leaving salem averages ___ mph
The car leaving vernonville averages____mph
thank you
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Question 22950: Can someone please help with this one?
A sample of radioactive iodine has a half-life of 27 days. (A) Determine an exponential decay model for the amount of radioactive material left in the sample after t days; (B) Determine how long it will take for 90% of the sample to decay.
thanks very much
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Question 22995: If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?
I did not get the answer to this problem, so if you could please give me some solutions.
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