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Question 310819: I am taking a science course to teach sicence to elementary students. Here is my problem. I know the following infomation only!
Distance 0.0095km
Time?
Speed=2m/s
I see that the distance is in km and the speed is in meters! I have not worked with metric system in over 30 years? How do I solve this problem?
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Question 310840: Chris 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 310943: Can you help me with this problem? I don't understand how to write the formulas of a word problem. If the speed of light is 3.00*10^8 m/sec, how long does it take light to travel 2.29*10^11 m, the distance from the sun to mars? round to one decimal place. Please show work
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Question 311037: a car travels at the rate of 45 miles per hour and averages 25 miles per gallon of gasoline. what is the number of gallons that will be used in 4 hours of traveling at 45 miles per hour?
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Question 311048: If I drive 540 miles and drive and average of 80 miles per hour and I stop 2 times for 30 minutes how long will the trip take me?
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Question 311178: if you travel at an average speed of 50 miles per hour, how far will you travel in 5 (3/5) hours?

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Question 311209: A water ball catapult is plased on top of schoolbuilding 25m above soccer field a launched balloon height is -5(t^2)+20t+25 What time will it hit the ground and what is the greatest height it went up to before hitting the ground?
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Question 311338: Mary walks 4 miles north and then turns and walks 5 miles west. How far is she from her original starting point?
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Question 311358: hello i need help with this one please
two cars start from the same place traveling in opposite directions.one car travels 4 miles per hour faster than the other car.find the speeds if after 5 hours they are 530 miles apart. thanks
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Question 311369: Please help me out with this travel and distance problem.
At 80 km per hour, how far will a car travel in 2 1/2 hours?
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Question 311408: 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?
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Question 311401: romano cycles from her house to school at 15 miles per hour. upon arriving, she realizes that it is Saturday and immediately cycles home at 23 miles per hour. if the entire round trip takes her 32 minutes, what is her average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire round trip?
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Question 311619: Please help me with this word problem about distance.
On a trip, Debbie spent as much time on the train as she did on the bus. The train averaged 50mph and the bus averaged 35mph. If she went 105 miles more on the train, how far did she go altogether.
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Question 311627: An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took 4 hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the adverage speed of the trip there.
please explain the entire process in dummy terms. :)
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Question 311639: Jose left the airport and traveled toward the mountains. Kayla left 2.1 hours later traveling 35 mph faster in an effort to catch up to him. After 1.2 hours Kayla finally caught up. Find Jose's average speed.
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Question 311659: A car travels up a hill at a constant speed of 35 km/h and returns down the hill at a constant speed of 67 km/h. Calculate the average speed (in km/h) for the round trip.
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Question 311662: A watch loses 2 minutes in 10 hours. At this rate, how much will it lose in 24 hours?
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Question 311638: Chelsea left the White House and traveled toward the capital at an average speed of 34 km/h. Jasmine left at the smae time and traveled in the opposite direction with an average speed of 65 km/h. Find the number of hours Jasmine needs to travel before theyh are 59.4 km apart.
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Question 311631: A cargo plain flew to the maintenance facility and back. It took one hour less time to get there than it did to get back. The average speed on the trip there was 220 mph. The average speen on the way back was 200 mph. How many hours did the trip there take?
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Question 311806: I would appreciate help to solve the following question. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
An aircraft carrier left Hawaii traveling west
seven hours before a container ship. The
container ship traveled in the opposite
direction going 5 km/h slower then the
aircraft carrier for six hours after which time
the ships were 540 km apart. Find the
aircraft carrier's speed.
Here is what I have tried:
1.) 7A=C+5
7A-5=C
6(A+C)=540
6[A+(7A-5)]=540
6(8A-5)=540
48A-30=540
48A=510
A≠10.625

2.) 7A=C+5
7A-5=C
A+6C=540
A+6(7A-5)=540
A+42A-30=540
43A-30=540
43A=570
A≠13.25581395
I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide me with. Thank you.
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Question 311875: Train A is traveling at 60 MPH and train B is traveling at 64 MPH. Train A passes the train station at 6:15 p.m. and train B passes the station at 6:45 p.m. At what time will train B catch up with train A?

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Question 311768: How many minutes would it take a car to go 1.6 miles if it was traveling at 60 mph? and if it was traveling 80 mph?
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Question 311911: During a workout at the gym, you set the treadmill at a pace of 60.0 meters per minute. How many minutes will you walk if you cover a distance of 7600 feet?
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Question 311899: If a car is traveling 25 miles an hour how far will it travel in 16 seconds.
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Question 311899: If a car is traveling 25 miles an hour how far will it travel in 16 seconds.
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Question 311909: A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 12.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 4.00 hour trip?
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Question 311986: If Geraldo drives 55 miles per hour, how far can he drive in 7 hours?
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Question 311992: An airplane flying with the wind can cover 600 miles in two hours. The return trip against the wind takes two and one half hours. What is the speed of the plane in still air?
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Question 311966: An airplane travels 6030km against the wind in 30 hours and 6750 with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 311941: Horizons have a manufacturing plant located 300 mi from company headquarters. Their corporate pilot must fly from headquarters to the plant and back in 4 hrs. If there is a 20-mph headwind going and a 20-mph headwind tailwind returning, how fast must the plane be able to travel in still air?
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Question 312084: how long would it take a car to travel .3 miles going 25 miles an hour?
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Question 312101: The period T (time in seconds for one complete cycle) of a simple pendulum is related to the length L (in feet) of the pendulum by the formula 8T^2 = pie^2L. If a child is on a swing with a 10-foot chain, then how long does it take to complete one cycle of the swing?
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Question 312131: If I'm driving 75mph, and it takes 48 seconds to go 1mi, how far will I go in an hour?
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Question 312201: My friend and I are heading to board a plane. My friend rides on an escalator while I walk along side the escalator. If my friend is travelling at 6 miles per hour while I am walking at 4 miles per hour. How far (approximately) will my friend be ahead of me after 20 minutes?
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Question 312273: a train leves at 9 am going 60 mph and another train leaves at 12 noon going 75 mph. how long until the second train catches the first

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Question 312278: The fastest car at a top speed can cover 5miles in 72 seconds. What is the speed of the car in miles/hours?
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Question 312281: How much work is done when a 40.0kg mass is lifted vertically against gravity to a height of 5.0 meters?
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Question 312285: The acceleration due to gravity is -9.8meters/s2. How many seconds will it take a skydiver with an initial velocity of 0 meters/s to reach a final velocity of 100 meters/s?
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Question 312076: Ride the peaks. Smith bicycled 45 miles going east from
Durango, and Jones bicycled 70 miles. Jones averaged
5 miles per hour more than Smith, and his trip took one-half
hour longer than Smith’s. How fast was each one traveling?
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Question 312343: An airplane flying with the wind can cover 600 miles in two hours. The return trip against the wind takes two and one-half hours. What is the speed of the plane in still air?
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Question 312375: An airplane flies 80 km in 10 minutes and the flies 100 km in 20 minutes. The average speed of the airplane is?
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Question 312479: If a car travels for 1 hour at 10 mph and 2 hours at 25 mph what is the average speed?
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Question 312518: 2/3 is per min. how many per hour?
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