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Question 309461: a person traveling 4 hr by plane and 25 hr by ship covers 1580 miles. if the speed of the plane had been one-half of the actual speed and the speed of the ship had been one-forth greater, the person would have traveled only 1315 miles in the same length of time. find the speeds of both the plane and the ship.
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Question 309693: An 18-year-old runner can complete a 10.0-km course with an average speed of 4.63 m/s. A 50-year-old runner can cover the same distance with an average speed of 3.82 m/s. How much later (in seconds) should the younger runner start in order to finish the course at the same time as the older runner?

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Question 309715: A $3.00 toll is charged to cross the bridge from Sanibel Island to mainland Florida. A six-month pass, costing $15.00, reduces the toll to $.50. A one year pass costing $150, allows for free crossing. How many crossings per year does it take, on average, for the two six-month passes to be the most economical choice? Assume a constant number of trips per month. Show work and explain. Thanks
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Question 309712: A train leaves watsonville at noon traveling north at 44 mph. One hour later, another train, going 52mph, travels north on a parallel track. How many hours will the second train travel before it overtakes the first train?Show work please.
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Question 309713: Musclebound movers charge $85 plus $40 an hour to move households across town. Champion moving charges $60 an hour for cross-town moves. For what lengths of time is champion more expensive?Please show work.Thanks
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Question 309711: Deep thought granola is 25% nuts and dries fruit. Oat Dream Granola is 10% nuts and dried fruit. How much of deep thought and how uch of oat dream should be mixed to form a 20-lb batch of granola that is 19%nuts and dried fruit? Please show work.Thanks
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Question 309802: the speed of a stream is 4 mph. if a boat travels 74 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to travel 37 miles upstream, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 309736: A car travels from Al's house 10miles south to Brad's house and 6miles east. what is the distance from Al's house to Brads house?
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Question 309826: The speed of train A is 16mph slower tan the speed of train B. Train A travels 200 Miles in the same time it takes train b to travel 280 miles. find the speed of each train.
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Question 309882: Toni cross-country skis five times as far as she walks. If she covers a total distance of 12 kilometers, how far did she walk?
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Question 309887: a passenger train and a freight train start at the same time from station that are 405 miles apart and travel toward each other. the rate of the passenger train is twice the rate of the freight train. in 3 hrs, the trains will pass each other, find the rate of each.
formulate chart, equation, and solve
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Question 309870: Two small planes start from the same point and fly in opposite directions. The first plane is flying
25 miles per hour slower than the second plane. In 2 hours, the planes are 470 miles apart. Find the rate of each plane
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Question 309977: Rachel drives at a rate of 40 miles per hour for 3 hours on a country road and then drives for 2 hours at a rate of 55 miles per hour on a highway. What was her average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip?
(A)45 (B) 46 (C) 47.5 (D) 50 (E) 51

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Question 309963: Hi just need some help on these word problems,
trent can deliver his newspaper in 10 minutes. It takes Lois 40 minutes to do the same route. How long would it take if they worked together?
thnks Kim

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Question 310049: If a plane can travel 480mph with the wind and 400mph against the wind, what is the speed of the plane in still air?
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Question 310064: I have difficulty translating word problems into equations.
Translate the problem into a pair of linear equations in two variables. Solve the equations using either elimination or substitution. State your answer for the specified variable.
Jill is 11 kilometers away from Joe. Both begin to walk toward each other at the same time. Jill walks at 2.5 km/h. They meet in 2 hours. How fast is Joe walking?
Please show me how you determine the equation and how you solve for the answer.
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Question 310001: Jermaine took a bus trip to visit his grandmother. His round trip travel time was 2 1/2 hours If the bus averaged 45 miles per hour going to his grandmother’s house and 30 miles per hour on the return trip, how many miles from his grandmother’s house does Jermaine live?

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Question 310078: Two cars are travelling in the same direction; one car is going at 30mph and the other is going at 50mph? If the first car is 10 miles ahead of the second car, how long will it take the second car to catch up with the first?
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Question 309930: Marcus starts 30 miles from the west coast and drives at 60mph. Marcus' grandmother starts 90 miles from the west coast and drives 45mph. When will the two of them be the same distance from the west coast? (they are both driving east)
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Question 310101: an airplane is 75 miles directly behind a ship sailing a straight course. the rate of the airplane is 120 mph, and that of the ship is 20 mph. how long will it take the plane to overtake the ship?
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Question 310103: Mildred left camp 4 hours after margret did. they travelled in oposite directions. mildred drove at 30 Miles an hour, margeret at 45 miles an hour. how many hours after mildred left are the two girls 630 miles apart?
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Question 310306: translate the problem into a pair of linear equations in two variables. solve the equations using either elimination or substitution.
Chuck and Dana agree to meet in chicago for the weekend. Chuck travels 114 miles in the same time that Dana travels 96 miles. If Chuck's rate of travel is 6 mph more than Dana's, then at what rate does chuck travel?
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Question 310328: 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 310408: Which country technology wise , reduce its travel distance by road from 3 hours to traveling by sea to 45mins?
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Question 310478: On three consecutive passes, a footbal team gains 7 yards, loses 33 yards, and gains 37 yards. What number represents the total net yardage?

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Question 310455: A bus travels 60 miles per hour. How far does the bus travel in 3 hours and 20 mins?

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Question 310506: Transport a and transport b left the loading dock at noon and headed in opposite directions. If transport a traveled at 60mph and transport b traveled at 68mph, how many hours was it before they were 348 miles apart?
I need an equation for this kind of problem. Thank you so much!
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Question 310605: Bert is 22 kilometers away from Brenda. Both begin to walk toward each other at the same
time. Bert walks at 2.5 kilometers per hour. They meet in 4 hours. How fast is Brenda
walking?
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Question 310686: Two trains leave a station at the same time and are travelling in opposite directions. One is travelling at a rate of 35 km/h and the other is travelling at a rate of 65 km/h. In how many hours will the trains be 350 km apart?
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Question 310672: Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
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Question 310693: A passenger train leaves Norfolk, Virginia, 1.2 hours after a freight train leaves. The passenger train is traveling 18 mph faster than the freight train on a parallel set of tracks. The trains are traveling IN THE SAME DIRECTION. The two trains will be at the same location 3 hours after the passenger train leaves. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 310694: Two trains leave a station at the same time and are travelling in opposite directions. One is travelling at a rate of 35 km/h and the other is travelling at a rate of 65 km/h. In how many hours will the trains be 350 km apart?
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Question 310703: how long would it take to fly to chicago at one-mile-per second and minutes?
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Question 310696: A jetliner flew from Chicago to Los Angeles at an average speed of 500 miles per hour. Then it continued on over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii at an average speed of 550 miles per hour. If the entire trip covered 5200 miles and the part over the ocean took twice as long as the part over land, how long did the entire trip take (in hours)?
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Question 310782: If I make $120 an hour per dump truck to how much would I make in an hour and 10 minutes?
Please describe how this solution was calculated. Thank you
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Question 310671: A Canal baot trvales 6miles in 1 hour 30mins
calculate the average speed and give ur answer in miles per hour
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Question 310774: a crew team can row 48 km downstream in 4 hours, but it takes 6 hours to row that same distance upstream. find the rate the team rows in still water, and the rate of the river.
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Question 310793: Larry and Cartman live 800 miles apart. They are driving toward each other to meet on the road, keeping cell phone communication as they go. They both left their homes at 8:00 A.M. If Larry is driving an average of 60 mph and Cartman is driving an average of 65 mph, how many hours will it take to meet each other?

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Question 310791: Jane rides her bike to the lake. Going to the lake, she averages 12mph. On the return trip,she averages 10mph. If the round trip takes a total of 5.5 hours, how long does the return trip take?
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Question 310790: one family drove at 6mph and another family drove at 14 mph. when withh the second family be 20 miles ahead of the first?
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