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Question 274523: I can't solve this problem... I need your help.
An auto slows from 50 mph to 20 mph in 8 seconds. What was its acceleration rate and how far did it travel? (answer in m/s/s and m)
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Question 274878: Please help me with this problem.
Kim decides to run 2 Km in to the local gym
She runs the first x km at 8km/hr, then walks the rest at 4km/hr
Altogether the journey takes 20 minutes
Form and solve an equation to find the value of x
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Question 274907: Jill is 27.5 km away from Joe. Both begin walking toward each other at the same time. Jill walks at 2.5 km per hour. If they meet in 5 hours, how fast is Joe walking?
x + y = 27.5
x(2.5)-y=5 (??)
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Question 274862: sarah is driving to a lake 60 miles away. if she is driving 40 miles per hours, how long will it take for her to get there?

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Question 274955: If an arrow is shot vertically upward with an initial velocity of 49 m/s, the height in metres reached in t seconds can be found the equation h=49t-4.9tsquared. Find the maximum height reached by the arrow.
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Question 274989: Question: Marco drives 18 miles south, turns east, and drives 24 miles to get from his pet shop to his house. If the new road is built in a straight line from Marco's shop to his house, how long will the new road be?
This is the formula my book tell me to use:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
This is what I have tired:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
24^2 + b^2 = 18^2
576 + b^2 = 324
576 - 576 + b^2 = 324 - 576
b^2 = -252
b^2 = square root of -252
What am I doing wrong?
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Question 275106: In a 10 kilometer race, Bill ran 12 kilometers per hour while Leo ran 10 kilometers per hour. How long did it take for them to be 2/3 of a kilometer apart?
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Question 275068: I need help with this question
Jim made a 350 mile trip in his car at a certain speed. If he had gone 10 mph faster, he could have made the trip in one hour less time. Find his speed.
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Question 275084: The Monahan’s garden is 20 feet by 30 feet. They wish to lay a uniform border of pine bark around the garden. How large a strip should they lay if they only have enough bark to cover 360 square feet?
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Question 275234: Please help me solve my equation. Airplan travels 3490km against the wind in 5 hours and 3940 km with the wind in the same amount of time. what is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the wind rate?
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Question 275306: How long would it take Joseph to run 2.2 miles if he ran at 7 mph?
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Question 275400: I flew from Pheonix to Tucson, a distance of 120 miles, at a constant speed of 120 mph, I then returned at a constant speed of 60 mph. what is my average speed, trip distance, displacement, and average velocity?
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Question 275416: 2 cars leave town at the same time, going the same direction. ONe is traveling 40 mph, and the other is going 65 mph. In how many hours will they be 75 miles apart?
I have erased my work several times, so I don't know what I have or had anymore.
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Question 275450: a car travel from one town to another at a speed 32 mph. if it had gone 4mph faster, it could have made the trip in 1/2 hr less time. how far apart are the town
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Question 275448: Two cities are 405 miles apart. A car leaves one of the cities traveling toward the second city at 60mph. At the same time, a bus leaves the second city bound for the first city at 75mph. How long will it take them to meet?
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Question 275473: Two cars leave town at the same time going in the same direction. One travels at 35mph and the other travels 45mph. In how many hours will they be 50 miles apart?
This is what I did but it the end results were not an option on my math assignment.....
35(x+50)=45x
1750+35x=45x
1750=10x
X=175
The answers I have to select from is 10 hours, 35 hours, 5 hours, or 1 hour...
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Question 275491: A jet plane flying with the wind went 1030 mi in 2 h. Against the wind, the plane could only fly 820 mi in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
rate of plane ________ mph
rate of wind _________ mph

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Question 275529: Lashandra drove from Elum to Sligo at an average rate of 50 mph. On the return trip she drove at an average rate of 60 mph, and made the trip in 45 minutes less time. How far is it from Elum to Sligo?

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Question 275490: A boat travels down a river for 4 h (traveling with the current), then turns around and takes 6 h to return (traveling against the current.) Let b be the rate of the boat, in miles per hour, in calm water and c be the rate of the current, in miles per hour. Suppose the distance traveled down the river by the boat is 72 mi. Write a system of equations that can be solved to find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
downstream _______ = 72
upstream ________ = 72

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Question 275486: a car traveling 60 mph enters a highway and drives for 8 min,then a truck enters the highway going 68mph. How long will it take for the truck to pass the car
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Question 275481: one type of air blower can fill a blimp in 6 hours working alone, while a second blower fills the same blimp in 9 hours working alone. how long will it take both blowers working together.I need to know exactly how you got to the conclusion, not just the answer which i know is 3 hours and 36 minutes. Thanks
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Question 275564: A car travels from one town to another at a speed of 32 mph. If it had gone 4 mph faster, it could have made the trip in 1/2 hr less time. How far apart are the towns?
So far I have 32t = 36t + 18
-32t + 32t = 36t - 32t + 18 - 18
-18 = 4t
-18/4t = 4t/4
-4 1/2 = t
d = 32t
d = 32(-4.5)
d = -144
Is this right?

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Question 275596: How fast is someone traveling if they go 1 mile in 18 seconds?
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Question 275615: A plane is flying at a speed of 1440 Km per hour how long in seconds will the plane take to fly a distance of 1Km
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Question 275588: A motorboat traveling with the current went 60 mi in 3 h. Against the current, it took 5 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
rate of boat _______mph
rate of current ______mph

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Question 275484: You shoot an arrow straight up at 50 meters per second. When will it run out of speed?
How do I figure this out??
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Question 275675: 1. A boat goes 220 miles downstream in the same time it can go 180 miles upstream. The speed of the current is 5 miles per hour. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Question 275756: About 3% of the total area of Alabama is water. The total area of Alabama is 52,432 square miles.
What is the approximate area of the water in Alabama?
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Question 275744: A train travels 45 mph for 4 hours and then decreases its speed to 35 mph for 3 hours. How far does the train travel in the 7-hour period?
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Question 275803: Ronald rode away from home in a car at at the rate of 32 miles per hour. he walked back at the rate of 4 miles per hour. the round trip required 2 1/4 hours. how far did ronald ride?
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Question 275742: Plane with the wind: 240 Miles in 2 hours against the wind:240 miles in 3 hours find rate of plane and wind.
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Question 275840: if a train is traveling at 72 mph how far will it go in 40 minutes
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Question 275988: dad drove up the highway at an average speed of 90km/h how far will he travel in
4 hours
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Question 275984: a cyclist travels 30mi in 3 hours going against the wind and 80mi in 5 hours with wind. What is the rate of the cyclist in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 276003: jasmine travels for 4 hours at an average speed of 100km/h
what distance does she travel?
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Question 275999: a map has a scale of 5cm = 14 km. if two cities are 13 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the two cities to the nearest tenth of a kilometer?
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Question 275955: Carl and Kyle leave Kyle's house at the same time. Carl drives north and Kyle drives West. Carl's average speed is 9 mph slower than Kyle's. At the end of one hour, they are 45 miles apart. Find the average speed of Kyle. (Round off your answer to the nearest tenth).
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Question 276065: At 2:00 p.m. two cars start toward each other from towns 240 miles apart. If the rate of one car is 10 mph faster than the other, how fast does each car go if they meet at 5:00 p.m.?
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Question 276144: An automobile averaged 45 mph for the first part of a trip and 50 mph for the second part. If the entire trip took 4hr and covered 195 mi, for how long was the rate 45 mph?
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