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Question 266376: 2 boats (B1 and B2) start off at opposite ends of a lake heading for the staring point of the other. They pass each other 800 yards from the starting point of boat 1. They continue to the starting point of the other boat, turn around and return. This time they pass each other 300 yards from the starting point of boat 2. How wide is the lake? (Assume each boat travels at a fixed rate and ignore turn around times.)
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Question 266606: you and a friend are taking a trip. your friend, starts 30 minutes before you and travels 50 mph. you travel 60 mph. how long does it take you to catch up? how far have you gone?
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Question 266580: train a and b is travelling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is travelling at 40 miles per hour and train B is travelling at 48 miles per hour. Train A is passes the station at 6:25 A.M. If train B passes the station at 6:55A.M. at what time will train b catch up to train a.
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Question 266706: Two seconds after firing a rifle at a target, the shooter hears the impact of the bullet. Sound travels at 1100 feet per second and the bullet travels at 1865 feet per second. Determine the distance to the target (to the nearest foot).
I can't figure out how to set up this problem. I'm guessing I need the formula rate*time=distance but other than that, I'm stuck.
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Question 266754: 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 266766: A train leaves New York for Boston, 200 miles away, at 4:00 P.M. and averages 60 mph. Another train leaves Boston for New York on an adjacent set of tracks at 3:00 P.M. and averages 50 mph. At what time will the trains meet? (Round to the nearest minute.)
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Question 266778: Mark swims at a speed of 5.8 mph in still water. The river he's in flows at a speed of 3.7 mph. How long will it take Mark to swim 2.2 mi downstream? Round our answer to the nearest tenth of an hour, if necessary.
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Question 266896: You travel at a constant rate of 55 mph. How far do you travel in 3.6 hours? in 7.5 mph?
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Question 266849: If a car traveled one mile in 60 seconds, how fast was it traveling?

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Question 266849: If a car traveled one mile in 60 seconds, how fast was it traveling?

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Question 266937: what is a formula to find the speed of a boat in still water traveling at 25km/h downstream?
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Question 266957: between reno and battle moutain nevada on interstate 80e it took me 2 min to
pass a westbound train doing 50 mph while i was doing 70 mph. how long was the train (to the nearest tenth mile)?
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Question 267119: it took 3 hours to row a boat 18 km against the current. The return trip with the current took 1 1/2 hours. find the speed of the plane in still air.
I know d = r x t, but I am stuck on how to get the still air. I know to make both equations = to 18, but help.
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Question 267113: a car traveled 100 kilometers in 2 hours. what is the average speed of the car traveled?
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Question 267127: How many feet will a vehicle travel in 1 1/2 minutes traveling at 5MPH?
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Question 267027: A B747 aircraft flew 6 hours w/wind speed return trip took 7 hours aginst wind if the speed of the plane in air is 13 times speed of wind find the wind speed and the speed of the plane in still air solve by substition or eliminamation
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Question 267091: If you drove to Austin at 70 miles per hour and returned at 50 miles per hour. What is the distance driven to Austin if total driving time was 7.2 hours?

I've tried;
D (distance)=R (rate/MPH)*T (time)
D=R*T
D=70+50*7.2
D=864
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Question 267131: A man travels from Town X to Town Y at an average rate of 50 mph and returns at an average rate of 40 mph. He takes 1/2 hr longer than he would if he made the round trip at an average of 45 mph. What is the distance from Town X to Town Y?
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Question 267080: A bus traveled on a level road for 3 hrs at an average speed of 20 mph faster than it traveled on a winding road. The time spent on the winding road was 4 hrs, find the average speed on the level road if the entire trip was 305 miles.
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Question 266995: When Caitlin starts running towards Asha, Asha is 100 meters from Caitlin. As Caitlin runs, Asha moves directly away from Caitlin at one-third of Caitlin’s speed. How far has Caitlin run when she first catches up to Asha?

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Question 267169: if you travel 50 meters in 25 seconds, what is your average speed and distance traveled?

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Question 267221: A car traveled 100 kilomters in 2 hours. What is the average speed the car traveled? show your work.
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Question 267210: a car traveled 100 kilometers in 2 hours. what is the average speed the car traveled? show your work.
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Question 267267: If I am traveling 47miles per hour how fast am i traveling per second?
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Question 267267: If I am traveling 47miles per hour how fast am i traveling per second?
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Question 267297: If a family biked 18 kilometers in 3 hours, what was their average speed in kilometers per hour?
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Question 267333: Traveling against the current, the scouts paddled 20 km in 6hrs. The return trip with the current took 1hr. less. Find the scout's rate of paddling in still water, and the rate of the current.
Please and Thank you.
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Question 267294: What distance would you travel if your speed is 35Mph for 20 seconds?
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Question 267466: how long would it take to mow a 16 mile long stretch going 6mph...
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Question 267173: A woman rides a bicycle at 12 miles per hour. What is her speed in
yards per minute?
If light can travel 186,000 miles per second, how many miles can it
travel in one year? (Assume one year has 365.24 days.)

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Question 267480: Ramesh crosses a street 600 m long in 5 minutes. His speed in km/
hr is
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Question 267545: lois and clark leave thier office to meet clients. lois leaves at 8 am and travels at 35moh. clark leaves at 815am and travels at 40 miles an hour. they travel in opposite directions. when will they be 290 miles apart?
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Question 267543: A plane can fly 1200 miles with the wind in 3 hours, while it takes the same plane 4 hours to fly the same distance against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 267467: Two planes leave an airport 30 minutes apart. The first planes flies east and the second west. After 75 minutes the planes are 700 miles apart. How fast is each flying?
I know that S X T = D. I know that the East plane flys for 1.25hrs at x speed so its distance is 1.25x. I know that the West plane flys for .75hrs at y speed so its distance is .75x. I know that if you add the two distances together you will get 700 miles. 1.25x + .75y = 700. I just don't know where to go next. Can you help?
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Question 267614: how many liters of 20% alcohol soltuion must be mixed with 10 liters of a 50% solution to get a 30% solution?
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Question 267516: How far can a man drive out into the country at an average rate of 30 mph and return over the SAME road at the average of 50 mph, if he travels total time of 8 hours?
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Question 267613: How far can a man drive out into the country at an average rate of 30 mph and return over the same road at an average of 50 mph, if he travels a total time of 8 hours?
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Question 267665: Lucas is 1/3 mile away from home bicycling at 20 miles per hour when his brother takes off on his bike to catch up. How fast must Lucas's brother go to catch him a mile from home.
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Question 267440: Going an average of 65 mph, Bob can travel 500 miles per day. How far can he travel in a day if he increases his average speed to 75 mph? Show (explain) how you can calculate your answer without calculating the time Bob spent on the road.
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Question 267786: IF A TRUCK LEFT TRAVELING NORTH AT 80 KM/H. AND ONE HOUR LATER ANOTHER TRUCK LEFT TRAVELING SOUTH AT 60 KM/H. HOW MANY HOURS HAD THE FIRST TRUCK TRAVELED WHEN THEY WERE 150 KM APART
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Question 267813: The sound travels in an average speed of 340m/s the lightning that comes from a cloud caused by a storm, is obseved almost inmediately. If th sound of lightning comes to our ears about 1.3 minutes after. How far is the storm?
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Question 267809: A car travels 45 km with an average speed of 10 m/s. How many seconds takes to complete the travel?
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Question 267230: how do magnets work?
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Question 267729: If Marvin runs at a speed of 16 km/h, how far will he travel in 45 minutes? in km
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