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Question 170684: two cars leave at the same point .the speed of the car is 75 kph and the other one is25 kph.at what time will they be 200 km apart?
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Question 170692: 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.
Help, no idea.
Thanks.
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Question 170714: Ethan is the winner of a 6 mile race and finishes 2 minutes ahead of Ashley. Ethan travels on average 2 mph faster then Ashley. find their average speed.
thanks!
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Question 170712: nicks boat can travel 36 miles upstream in the same time that it can travel 54 miles downstream. the speed of the current is 3 mph, find the speed of nicks boat without the current.
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Question 170787: I've tried to set this up, yet I have no idea on how to solve it.
"Helped by a strong jetstream, a Los Angeles-to-Boston plane flew 10% faster than usual and made the 4400km trip in 30min less time than usual. At what speed does the plane usually fly?"
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Question 170799: At 7:00 a.m., Joe starts jogging at 6 mph. At 7:10 a.m., Ken starts off after him. How fast must Ken run in order to overtake him at 7:30 a.m.?
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Question 170780: At 10:00 AM, a snowstorm is 250 miles west of St. Louis. The storm travels 150 miles eastward at a constant rate, and then its speed decreases by 5 miles per hour. If the storm reaches St. Louis at 8:00 PM, what was the storm's original speed?
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Question 170955: Sue walks and jogs to school. She walks at a speed of 5kmh and jogs at a speed of 9kmh. It is 8km to school. She makes it in 1 hour. How far does she jog?
I know that d=rt but I'm drawing a blank on this one.
Thanks
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Question 171033: Two cars leave from Ohio and go in opposite directions. One car goes west at 60 mph. Another goes east at 80 mph but leaves 1 hour 30 min after the first car. At what time will they be 620 miles apart? This isn't from a book. I am completely stumped with no idea how to do this.
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Question 171029: Two cars leave from New York and drive in opposite directions (north and south). The car going north travels at 60 mph. The car going south leaves an hour and a half after the first and goes 80 mph. At what time will the cars be 620 miles apart? This is a homework problem on a sheet of paper so not from a book. I tried it and got 32 hours 30 minutes but I don't think that it's right.
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Question 171054: Two planes left at the same time from two airports which are 4,500 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. Find the rate of each plane.
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Question 171089: the current in a stream moves at a speed of 10 mph. A boat travels 29 miles upstreamand 29 miles downstream in a total time of 8 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water
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Question 171100: Fred begins walking toward John's house at 3 mi/h. John leaves his house at the same time and walks toward Fred's house on the same path at a rate of 2 mi/h. How long will it be before they meet if the distance between the houses is 4 miles?
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Question 171080: heckle and jeckle shared the driving ona 500 mile trip. heckle drove 80 miles more than jeckle. how far did heckle drive?
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Question 171131: Mia's motorboat took 3hr. to make a trip downstream with a 6-mph current. The return trip against the same current took 5hr. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Question 171241: "Halfway through her bus trip from Savannah to Jacksonville, Gertrude fell asleep. When she awoke, she still had to travel half o the distance she traveled when asleep. For what fraction of the trip was Gertrude asleep?"

I have tried drawing diagrams and setting up equations, and nothing has worked. Please help me with this one. Thanks so much!
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Question 171435: Having trouble finding the right formula! How do I solve?
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 171495: I would like to check my answer and compare my work. Thanks for your help. Marcy traveled 240miles. For most of the distance she traveled 60mph, but had car trouble and traveled 20mph for a while of the trip. If the total travel time was 6 hrs, how many miles did she drive 20mph during her car trouble?
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Question 171663: Judy averaged 42 miles per hour (mph) driving from Allentown to Harrisburg and 51 mph driving from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. See the accompanying figure. Ifshe drove a total of 288 miles in 6 hours, then how long did it take her to drive from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh?
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Question 171646: Tim paddled his kayak 12 km upstream against a 3 km/h current and back again in 5 h 20 min. In that time how far could he have paddled in still water?
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Question 171648: A decorator plans to place a rug in a room 9 m by 12 m in such a way that a uniform strip of flooring around the rug will remain uncovered. If the rug is to cover half of the floor space, what should the dimensions of the rug be?
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Question 171795: Pam jogged up a hill at 6 km/h and then jogged back down at 10 km/h. If her total jogging time was 1 h 20 min, how many km did she travel?
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Question 171910: Two trucks left Buck's Trucks traveling in opposite directions. One truck traveled at a rate of 70 km/h, and the other at 80km/h. After how many hours were the trucks 900km apart?
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Question 171770: The rail line between two cities consists of two segments, one 96 km longer than the other. A passenger train averages 60 km/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 171919: Math professor Al Gebra averaged 30mph ascending a 1-mile hill on his motorcycle
At what speed (in mph) must he come back down the hill to average 60mph for the round trip?
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Question 171787: Two cars leave their respective towns ,wich are 1000 km appart, travelind towards each other. One cars leavesat 8 am and average 120km/h . The other car leaves at 9am and averages 100km/h. When and where will they meet each other? At what time will they be 500 kilometers apart?
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Question 172193: Jean and Jose started bicycling from the same spot in the same direction. Jean rode at a rate of 12 mi/h. Jose rode at a rate of 10 mi/h. After how many hours will they be 10 mi apart?
can't figure it out
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Question 172465: Steve traveled 200 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 10mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle.
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Question 172527: Let p/5 = Q then p/10= ?
Please explain the steps that lead to the answer of: Q/2
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Question 172651: A mover's van left Middleton at 8:00 AM and drove to Bayside at an average speed of 70km/h. At 9:00 AM, the Riley's left Middleton following the same route as the van. If both arrived in Bayside at 4:00 PM, what was the Rileys' average speed?
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Question 172763: Four Managers are attending a safety conference that starts in 21 minutes. The conference center is too far to walk from the hotel, so all of the managers must be driven to the conference. All of the shuttle buses are gone, and the only person with a vehicle is Mike Crowley, but he drove his MG, which accommodates only 2 occupants.
Calculate the time it will take for all 4 managers to get to the conference…. Make sure they all get there on time. Note: You must use the slowest person’s time for when in the car.
Ex: If Will and Larry drive together from the hotel it will take 8 minutes (Larry’s time), and from the conference center back to get the next manager, 3 minutes (Will’s time).

Attendees
It takes Sue 2 minutes to drive
It takes Will 3 minutes to drive
It takes Larry 8 minutes to drive
It takes Mike 10 minutes to drive.

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Question 172801: A frog is at the bottom of a 20 foot well. Each day it crawls up 4 feet but each night it slips back 3 feet. How many days are required for the frog to rach the top of the well?
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Question 172804: It takes 40 minutes to cut a log into 5 pieces. How long would it take to cut a similar log into ten pieces?
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Question 172804: It takes 40 minutes to cut a log into 5 pieces. How long would it take to cut a similar log into ten pieces?
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Question 172806: A frog is at the bottom of 200 foot well. Each day it crawls up 5 feet and each it slips back 2 feet. The day begins at sunrise and ends when night begins at sundown. On which day will the frog first reach the top of the well?
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Question 172890: Tyson drove 65 miles more than 1/2 the miles Pete drove. Together they drove 500 miles. How many miles did Tyson drive?
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Question 172890: Tyson drove 65 miles more than 1/2 the miles Pete drove. Together they drove 500 miles. How many miles did Tyson drive?
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Question 172884: A man leaves Paris driving at a constant speed. After a while he passes a kilometer stone that displays a 2 digit number. An hour later he passes another kilometer stone displaying the same 2 digit number but in reverse order. Another hour after that, he passes a 3rd kilomer stone marker with the same 2 digits(in any order seperated by a zero. What is the speed of the man's car?
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Question 172906: Tim leaves Paris, driving at a constant speed. After awhile he passes a milestone displaying a two-digit number. An hour later he passes a milestone displaying the same two-digit number but in reverse order. In another hour, he passes a third milestone with the same two-digits (backwards or forwards) seperated by a zero.
What is the speed of Tim's car?
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Question 173181: What is the surface area of a right cone with a base radius of 6 cm and a height of 6*3squared cm?
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Question 173235: I need help on this word problem. I am not sure what method to use and how to solve it:
Mike made a trip in 40 hours. Joe made the same trip in 30 hours because Joe was traveling 6km per hour faster. How many kilometers was the trip?

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