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Question 340528: How long will it take a plane moving at 220m/s to travel 95km?
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Question 340491: two buses leave Dallas at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus averages 58 mi/h, and the other bus averages 52 mi/h. When will they be 363 miles apart?
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Question 340525: two cyclist,20 miles apart,start at the same instant and ride towards each other along a straight road at a speed of 10 miles per hour. at the same instant a fly on the forehead ofone of the riders starts to fly at 15 mile per hour toward the other rider, alights on his forehead, and the immediately flies back to the first rider. the fly travels back and forth over the continously decreasing distance between the two riders until the two riders meet. how far has the fly flown when all its journeys are added together.
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Question 340642: A car travels 288 miles in 6 hours. At that rate, how many miles will it travel in 8 hours?
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Question 340704: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car travelling north had gone 12 miles, the distance between the cars was 8 miles more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastbound car traveled?
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Question 340733: a bike path is 5 miles long. A man walks from one end at 3mph. Another friend bikes from the other end at 12 mph how soon will they meet?

I have tried to solve this but I can't get down what I actually have to convert.
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Question 340724: When I was in Germany I rented a car and while on the autobahn one day, I noticed that I had gone 22 kilometers in 15 minutes. How fast was I going in miles per hour?
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Question 340776: an eagle travels 30 miles per hour. He travels 6 miles what is the shortes amount of time that would take?
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Question 340083: How long would it take to reach the moon if you traveled with a speed of 100 km/hr (about 60 miles/hour, which is 27 m/s)?
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Question 340963: Your word problem on the first page was changed from "A freight train leaves the station traveling (50) miles an hour and a passenger train leaves the station 30 minutes later traveling (70) miles per hour. How long will it take for the passenger train to catch up with the freight train?" to a totally different word problem no matter what tab I clicked. This was not helpful to me. Please show me how to set up a formula to solve this problem.
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Question 340988: When Frank drives to work his trip takes 40 mintues, but when he takes the train it takes 30 mintues. Find the distance Frank travels to work if the train travels an average of 15 miles per hour faster then his driving.
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Question 341110: use the equation to find the missing coordinates in the following table.
y = -x + 4

this table has two sides: X and Y
-2
0
2
0
-2

(the -2, 0 and 2 are under X and the 0 and -2 are a line below the two on the left but under the Y side. if that makes sense
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Question 341111: a man that travels 63 kph travels 126 kilometers in 2 hours?
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Question 341233: At 10 A.M. two cars leave the same location and travel in opposite directions. One car's speed is 50/mph, while the other's speed is 55/mph. At what time are the cars 273 miles apart?
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Question 341226: If a horse runs at 47.5 mph, how long will it take to run a 1/4 mile
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Question 341180: it takes 90 minutes to go 85 miles what is the average speed
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Question 341132: 6. A force of 55 Newtons is acting on a body in a north direction. A second force of 30 Newtons is applied to the body in a south direction. What is the net force and direction of action?
55-30= 25 Newtons in a north direction
8. Use the data in problem 6, only this time the second force acts in an east direction. What is the net force and direction of action.
I got number 6 answered, but i'm having trouble with number 8.
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Question 341266: in order to qualify for a race emily needs to go at an average speed of 100 mi/h for two laps. but she only goes 75mi/h on the first lap. How fast does she need to go on the second lap to reach the average speed of 100 mi/h?
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Question 341277: A plane flies south for 2 hours and 30 minutes at a speed of 400 kilometers/hour. Then it turns and flies east for 1 hour and 45 minutes at a speed of 420 kilometer/hour. What is the plane's displacement from its initial position?
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Question 341205: Two cars leave towns kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One car's rate is kilometers per hour more than the other's. If they meet in hours, what is the rate of the faster car?
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Question 341308: Jill is 27.5 kilometers away from Joe. Both begin to walk toward each other at thre same time. Jill walks at 3 kilometers per hour. They meet in 5 hours. How fast is Joe walking?
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Question 341350: Joe drove 210 km at 70 km/h and then another 210 km at 105 hm/h. It took Bill the same length of time to drive the entire 420 km at constant speed. What was Bill's speed?
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Question 341370: City B is north of City A and the 400 mile trip by car takes 8 hours. The cities are 320 miles apart in a straight line.
What is the velocity of a trip from City A to City B?
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Question 341357: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph a car enters the highway at the same place 14 minuets later and drives 73 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Question 341419: If a cyclist takes 4 hours to travel 48 miles, what is the cyclist’s average speed in miles per hour?
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Question 341422: While sitting in my truck at the train crossing at ITEC, i decided to time how long it took for the 1 mile long train to pass me entirely. If it took exactly 75 seconds for the train to pass, at how many miles per hour was the train traveling?
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Question 341418: One train runs 90% of the time and goes 55 mph any time it runs (no acceleration time lag). Another train runs 10% of the time. How fast does this train have to go (mph) to exceed the distance of the other train?
Hint: Examine the speeds of the train for many, many hours to come up with the speed as a whole number.
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Question 341460: I only need help setting this problem up. I cannot figure out how to set it up to solve the equation.
A church steeple casts a shadow 115ft. long, and at the same time a 9.0ft. post casts a shadow 7.0ft. long. How high is the steeple? Round to the nearest unit.
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Question 340658: Hans and Heidi departed in opposite directions from the bus stop. Hans left at 1 p.m. and Heidi left at 2 p.m. Hans drove his bus 50 miles per hour and Heidi drove hers at 60 miles per hour. At what time were the two drivers 270 miles apart?
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Question 340655: How long does it take an automobile traveling at 63.2 km/h to become even with a car that is traveling in another lane at 49.2 km/h if the cars' bumpers are initially 137m apart? Answer your units in s.

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Question 341515: it take you half an hour to travel 26 miles to work. what is your average speed??
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Question 341591: Pls help me solve this problem it's the only problem that I wasn't able to solve. Here it is: A train leaves new york city going west. An express going 20 mph faster leaves new york city 2 hours later on the same track going west. 6 hours later, the express hits the slower train. Find their speeds when the express hits the slower train. Thank you very much in advance!
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Question 341582: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels 20 miles per hour slower than the eastbound train. If the two trains are 900 miles apart after 5 hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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Question 341614: what is the time to travel between two cities? The total distance is 960 miles. At an average of 75mph, how long would it take me? (Ruling out stopping for gas and food.) any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you
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Question 341528: How fast is a car traveling to travel 1.5 miles in 1.3 minutes and 2 miles in 1.3 minutes. Please send the equation to Newsi21@yahoo.com
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Question 341728: a cruise boat travels 96 miles downstream in 2 hours and returns to its starting point upstream in 6 hours. find the speed of the stream
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Question 341673: The scenic route from Mia’s home to her office is 5 kilometers longer than the direct route. When she goes by the scenic route and returns by the direct route, the round trip is 35 kilometers. How many kilometers is the direct route?
A. 5 B. 12.5 C. 15 D. 20 E. 22.5
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Question 341813: what must be your average speed in order to travel 220 km in 2.25 hours
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Question 341863: A car is traveling on a road that is perpendicular to a railroad track. When the car is 30 meters from the crossing, the car's new collison dector warns the driver that there is a train 50 meters from teh car and heading toward the same crossing. How far is the train form the car?
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Question 341809: a one-mile long train is traveling at a constant speed of 60 mph. if it enters a tunnel that is 1 mile long at exactly 1 p.m., at what time will the rear of the train emerge from the tunnel?
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Question 342038: if i travel 1.5 miles in 44.09 seconds, how many mph am i going?

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Question 342065: Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 60 miles per hour and train B is traveling 80 miles per hour. Train A passes a statin at 1:25 pm. If train B passes the same station at 1:40, at what time will train B catch up to train A
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Question 342043: A car leaves town at noon traveling 40 mph. Two hours later, a second car leaves the same town, on the same road, traveling at 60 mph. At what time will the second car pass the first car? I know the answer is 6pm, but I don't know how to get there.
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