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Question 163705: Mary Baylor drove to work on Thursday at 40 miles per hour and arrived one minute late. She left at the same time on Friday, drove at 45 miles per hour, and arrived one minute early. How far does Ms. Baylor drive to work?
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Question 163781: a cyclist travels 45 miles in 4 hours. How many feel does she travel in one second?
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Question 163812: a train took 3 hours to travel 120 mile what speed was it traveling at?
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Question 163912: Two cars start from the same place traveling in opposite directions. One car travels 4 miles per hours faster than the other car. Find the speed their speeds if after 5 hours they are 520 miles apart.
This is how I tried to work it out?
_________________________________________ Distance Time Rate
1st car 4 4X(5)
2d car 4 4+4(5)
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Question 163949: Runner A crosses the starting line of a marathon and runs at an average pace of 5.6 miles per hour. Half an hour later, Runner B crosses the starting line and runs at an average rate of 6.4 miles per hour. If the length of the marathon is 26.2 miles, which runner will finish ahead of the other?Explain.
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Question 163973: Mary needs to go to Jane’s house. Mary drives 4mph going uphill, goes 6mph on flat ground and goes 12mph downhill. It takes her 1 hour to do the trip. How far is Jane’s house?
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Question 164025: The equation D=4.9t^2 gives the distance, in meters, an object falls in T seconds. How many seconds would it take for an object to fall 356 meters? Thanks
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Question 164384: I'm not exactly sure if this is a Travel and distance problem but that's what I think...
A cyclist rode the 1st 20 mile portion of his workout at a constant speed. He then rode a 16 mile cool down and reduced his speed by 2 miles per hour. Each portion of his workout took the same amount of time. Find the speed during the 1st portion and the speed during the cool down.
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Question 164399: a bus is traveling at 50 mph then reduces its speed to 40 mph. the 220 mi. trip takes 5 hrs. how long does it travel at each speed? show equation.
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Question 164385: If the area of a square is 81cm˄2,what isthe perimeter?What would the side of an equlateral triangle have to be to have the same area?
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Question 164453: 2. An express and local train leave Gray’s Lake at 3 P.M. and head for Chicago 50 miles away. The express travels twice as fast as the local, and arrives 1 hour ahead of it. Find the speed of each train.

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Question 164477: A bicycle trip of 120 miles would have taken 3 hours less if the average speed had been increased by 2 miles per hour. Find the average speed of the bicycle.
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Question 164494: Kris drove part of a 185 mile trip at 50 mph and the rest at 55 mph. Find the distance she traveled at 50 mph if her total driving time was 3 hours and 30 minutes.
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Question 164547: First tourist walked a distance of 30 km in a time 10 minutes shorter than the second tourist. Calculate their speeds if the speed of the first one was 3 km/h greater than that of the second one.
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Question 164514: Roland made a trip of 450 miles in 8 hours. Before noon he averaged 60mph, and afternoon he averaged 50mph. At what time did he begin his trip and when did he end it?
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Question 164638: Steve traveled 200 miles at a certain speeed. Had he gone 10mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle.
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Question 164704: A car leaves New Orleans heading to Atlanta at a speed of 70 MPH. Thirty minutes later, another car left Atlanta heading towards New Orleans, which is about 900 miles from Atlanta, at a speed of 90 MPH. How car are they from Atlanta when they end up meeting?
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Question 164707: if a car goes one mile in one minute. how many miles an hour is this?
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Question 164778: two cars leave from merrillville indiana at the same time and travel in the same direction one car travels one and three quater times as fast as the other after 3.5 hours they are 105 miles apart what is the speed of each car
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Question 164823: To be a lifeguard you must swim continuously for 500 yards doing either the front crawl or the breaststroke. You can swim the front crawl 45 yards per minute and the breaststroke 35 yards per minute. It takes you 12 minutes to swim 500 yards. How long did you spend swimming the front crawl?
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Question 164878: A man travels for work averaging 40 mph.On the return trip he averages 50 mph, and it takes him an hour less time. How long was the return trip?
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Question 164984: My friend is driving 55 mph, West, on Interstate 90 and he started from his home which is 75 miles west of mine. I leave at the same time, traveling West at a speed of 73 mph. Write 2 linear equations (one for me and one for my friend) that relate our distances away from my home versus time. (Hint: draw a little picture or diagram)
Not quit sure how to set this problem up and then work it out. Thank you
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Question 165092: an infiniti G35 travels at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. A Mercury Mountaineer travels at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. In the time it takes the Mountaineer to travel a certain distance d, the Infiniti travels 100 miles farther. Find the distance that each car travels and the time of the trip.
thank You for any and all help you can give me. Can't figure out how to set this up.
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Question 165150: a plane flying with the tail wind flew 600 miles in 5hrs. Against the wind, the plane requires 6 hours to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in the calm air and the rate of the wind?
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Question 165121: 1. A rectangular garden has dimensions of 18 feet by 13 feet. A gravel path of uniform width is to be built around the garden. How wide can the path be if there is enough gravel for 516 square feet?

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Question 165125: 4. The Hudson River flows at a rate of 3 miles per hour. A patrol boat travels 60 miles upriver, and returns in a total time of 9 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

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Question 165417: Juan drives to work. Because of traffic conditions, he averages 22 miles per hour. He returns home averaging 32 miles per hour. The total travel time is 2 1/4 hours.
Write an equation to find the value for the time it takes Juan to travel to work?

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Question 164379:
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Question 165431: At 1:30pm Tom leaves in his boat from a dock and heads south at a rate of 25 miles per hour. Ten minutes later, Mary leaves the same dock in her speedboat and heads after Tom. If she travels at a rate of 30 miles per hour, when will she catch up to Tom? Write an equation to find the value for Toms Time.
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Question 165457: A businessman drives from Washington D.C. to Boston, a distance of 442 miles, and then makes the return trip. On the way to Boston, he drives 65 miles per hour, taking a 1-hour rest stop during the drive. After finishing his business in Boston, he makes the return trip driving at 60 miles per hour and takes a 45-minute rest stop halfway through the trip.
Which leg of the journey, Washington D.C. to Boston, or Boston to Washington
D.C., takes the longer time?
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Question 165580: A jet flew at an average speed of 500 mph from Metro City to Farmville. Because of a favorable tailwind, the jet averaged 600 mph on the return trip, and the return trip was shortened by 50 minutes. How far is it from Metro City to Farmville?
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Question 165661: A high speed train travels 80 miles per hour between Paris and St. Cloud. A commuter train, traveling at 64 miles per hour, takes two hours longer for the same trip. How far apart are Paris and St. Cloud?
My sister (8th grader) needs help with this problem and I (12th grader) can not seem to figure it out. The problem is not from a textbook. Thank you in advance for any help you provide.
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Question 165656: Two brothers, Bob and Bill live 450 miles apart. Starting at the same time, they plan to drive until they meet. Bill averages 10 miles per hour faster than Bob who averages 50 mph. How long will it take for them to meet?
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Question 165578: A train traveling at 50 miles per hour leaves for a certain town. Two hours later, a bus (starting at the same point as the train) traveling at 60 miles per hour leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train. If both the train and the bus traveled in a straight line, how far is the town from where they started?
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Question 165707: A cyclist had been traveling 24 km/h for 8 hours when he was overtaken by a motorist who left the same starting point 5 hours after the cyclist. What was the motorist's speed?
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Question 165808: How many minutes does it take to travel 5 miles at 30 miles an hour?
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Question 165808: How many minutes does it take to travel 5 miles at 30 miles an hour?
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Question 165847: how long does it take to drive 34 miles at a consistant rate of 60 miles per hour?
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Question 165942: albany and new york are 150 miles apart. one car left albany for new york, averaging 40 mph. at the same time, another car left new york for albany, averaging 35 mph. how far from albany did the cars pass each other?
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Question 165945: two trains started from the same place at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. after traveling 10 hours, they were 850 miles apart. the rate of the fast train exceeded the rate of the slow train by 5 mph. find the rate of each train.
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Question 165944: two planes started at the same time from the same airport and flew in oppposite directions. one flew 60 miles per hour faster than the other. in 5 hours, they were 2800 miles apart. find the rate of each plane.
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Question 165956: two trains started from the same place at the same time and traveled in opposite directions at rates which differed by 20 mph. in 5 hours, they were 500 miles apart. find the rate of each train.
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