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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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Question 165977: an airplane made a flight of 1600 miles in 5 hours. during the first 3 hours of the trip it had good weather. it then ran into bad weather, which decreased its rate by 75 mph for the rest of the flight. find the rate of each part of the flight.
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Question 166002: if you were driving 65/h how mant feet per secnod are you driving
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Question 166002: if you were driving 65/h how mant feet per secnod are you driving
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Question 165955: saratoga and new york are 180 miles apart. a truck traveled from new york toward saratoga at the rate of 44 mph. another truck traveled from saratoga toward new york at the rate of 36 mph. how many miles did each travel before they met?
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Question 166068: A car leaves town A at 1:00 pm traveling at 45 miles per hour. A second car leaves town A at 2:00 pm traveling the same route at 55 miles per hour. How long will it take the second car to overtake the first car?
My answer I came up with is 45(x1) = 55
+ (55-45) = 1.45
+ = 4.5
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Question 166009: two cars started from the same place at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. at the end of 6 hours, they were 420 miles apart. if the average rate of the slow car exceeded 1/2 of the average rate of the fast car by 13 mph, find the rate of each car.
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Question 166056: A boat traveled 210 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 10 hours. The trip back took 70 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the speed of the current?
so far i had 10c+70s=210m
but i don't think that's right.
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Question 166073: question 1) A sailboat travels 20 miles downstream in 3 hours. It returns in 4 hours. Find the speed of the sailboat in still water and the rate of the current.
question 2) Erin's age is 3 times Warren's. In 4 years she will be twice as old as he will be. How old is each now.
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Question 166131: Two planes travel toward each other from cities that are 1615 kilometers apart. The two planes passed each other in the air after 3 hours and 48 minutes. The slower plane was traveling at a rate of speed that was 80 k/h more than half the rate of speed of the faster plane. Assuming they left at the same time, at what rate of speed was each plane traveling?
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Question 165963: at 7 am two cars started from the same place, one traveling east and the oher traveling west. at 10:30 am they were 287 miles apar. if the rate of the fast car exceeded the rate of the slow car by 6 mph, find the rate of each car.
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Question 165965: an airplane made a flight of 1600 miles in 5 hours. during the first 3 hours of the trip it had good weather. it then ran into bad weather, which decreased its rate by 75 mph for the rest of the flight. find the rate on each part of the flight.
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Question 166202: a plane which can fly 520mph in still air flies for 3 hours against a wind and for 2 hours with the same wind. The total distance it covers is 2565 miles. find rate of the wind.
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Question 166247: In a certain fraction, the denominator is 4 less than the numerator. If 3 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, the resulting fraction is equal to 5/7. What was the orginal fraction?
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Question 166236: Lerry drove 329 miles in 2 hours more then it took Terrell to drive 260 miles. Terrell drove at and average reate of 5 miles per hour faster then Larry. How fast did Larry travel?
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Question 166370: A race car traveling at full speed takes 8 minutes longer to travel 50 miles than to travel 30 miles. What is the race car's full speed?
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Question 166382: 84.)Gone Fishing. Debbie traveled by boat 5 miles upstream to fish in her favorite spot. Because of the 4 - mph current, it took her 20 minutes longer to get there than to return. how fast will her boat go in still water?
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Question 166413: John is traveling to a meeting that is 28 miles away. He needs to be there in 30 minutes. How fast does he need to go to make it to the meeting on time?
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Question 166412: Can someone please help me with the following problem?
A plane has a cruising speed of 280 miles per hour and the wind velocity is 40 miles per hour. How far can the plane fly and return in 7 hours?
So far I have begun to make a chart to help solve the problem, but I am just very confused.
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Question 166479: From a point on a river, two boats are driven in opposite directions, one at 5 miles per hour, and the other at 8 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 52 miles apart?
(This question is from a sample MET. Thanks very much.)
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Question 166463: The speed of a car was tracked by radar in a police helicopter over a period of 10 minutes. The police found that the car's speed could be represented by the equation: s = 3t squared - 30t + 135
where s is the speed of the car in kilometers per hour after t minutes have passed.
a. When was the car travelling at 80km/h?
b. When was the car travelling at 120km/h?
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Question 166462: The speed of a car was tracked by radar in a police helicopter over a period of 10 minutes. The police found that the car's speed could be represented by the equation: s = 3t squared - 30t + 135
where s is the speed of the car in kilometers per hour after t minutes have passed.
a. When was the car traveling at 80km/h?
b. When was the car traveling at 120km/h?
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Question 166465: Mike can travel 120 miles by car in the same amount of time he can take the train 150 miles. if the train travels 10 miles faster than the car, find the speed of the car and the speed of the train.

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Question 166524: when angelo burnini rows his gondola in still water(with no current) in venice,italy, he travels at 3 mph. when he rows at the same rate in the grand canal, it takes him the same amount of time to travel 2.4 miles downstream (with the current) as it does to travel 2.3 miles upstream (against the current). find the current of the river.
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Question 166425: Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking?
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Question 166554: the iditarod sled dog race extends 1049 miles from anchorage to nome. if a musher is four times as far from anchorage as from nome, how many miles has the musher completed
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Question 166563: PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER THIS PROBLEM: If a car travelling 60 mph can stop in 200ft,how far will it take a car to stop if it is travelling at 50 mph?
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Question 166415: Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking?
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Question 166580: fran swims at a speed of 2.2 km/h in still water. the lazy river flows at a speed of 0.4 km/h. how long will it take fran to swim 0.9 km upstream?
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Question 166586: The equations S =5000 + 200x and D =9500 - 100x express the supply S and the demand D, respectively, for a popular music in terms of its price x (in dollars).
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Question 166769: how long would an airplane ride take, if you were only traveling 50 miles?
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Question 166811: A bus travels from one town to another at a speed of 42mph. If it had gone 14mph faster, it could have made the trip in a half hour less time. How far apart are the towns?
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Question 166823: California 1 South is a historical highway that stretches 123 miles along the coast from Monterrey to Moro Bay. Suppose that two cars start driving this highway, one from each town. they meet after three hours. find the speed of each car in mile per hour, if one car travels 1 mile per hour faster than the other car.
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Question 166763This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: Word problems using inequalities. Please help
Jeff bikes for three hours and his brother bikes four hours. Although Jeff bikes 15 mph faster, his total distance was at most twice as far as his brother's. How fast does each ride?
Thank you,
JoeThis question is from textbook Algebra 1

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Question 166869: If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?
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Question 166868: The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of the next month?
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Question 166870: A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results, how many women in a group of 5,000 women over the age of 35 would likely be married 2 or more times?
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Question 166836: A BOY USES A MOVING SIDEWALK IN AN AIRPORT. WHEN HE RUNS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE MOVING SIDEWALK HE CAN GO 303 METERS IN 3 MINUTES.WHEN HE RUNS BACK AGAINST THE MOVING SIDEWALK HE CAN ONLY GO 275 METERS IN 5 MINUTES. HOW FAST DOES THE BOY RUN WHEN THE SIDFWALK IS STILL? HOW FAST DOES THE MOVING SIDEWALK RUN?
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Question 166906: The cost of gas is $1.32 per gallon. Find the cost per liter (1L=4qt) why is it $0.35 and not $4.98

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Question 166906: The cost of gas is $1.32 per gallon. Find the cost per liter (1L=4qt) why is it $0.35 and not $4.98

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Question 165959: Debbie traveled by boat 5 miles upstream to fish in her favorite spot. Becasue of the 4-mph current it took her 20 minutes longer to get there than to return. How fast will her boat go in still water?
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