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Question 356149: a boat goes 14 km/h in still water. The boat is paddled 6 km downstream in a river in the same time it takes to go 3 km upstream. What is the speed of the river?
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Question 356104: The maximum speed is 694 m/s. What is this speed in kilometer per hour
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Question 356330: Please help I'm going 78 miles an hour how long will it take to go 160 miles
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Question 356372: If a biplane can fly 129 kilometers an hour, how many kilometers will it fly in five hours?

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Question 356371: if you are driving at a constant speed of 65 mph how long will it take you to travel 325 miles
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Question 356414: Your small dog gets away from you and begins running down the street. If your dog is running at a speed of 8.5 km/h and you can run 10 km/h, how many second' head start can you afford to give your dog if you want to catch him within 30 s of when you start after him?
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Question 356449: I think my vehicles speedometer is not reading correctly and I am terrible with math. Here is my question if you can help me please: How fast is my vehicle traveling if it took me 1m:10s (70 Seconds) to go exactly one (1) mile? I know it is simple math but I just can't seem to figure it out. Thank you, Douglas Sasso dougsasso@hotmail.com
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Question 356489: suppose you go on a trip that covers 240km and takes 4 hours. Your average speed is what?

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Question 356517: A boat travels 160 miles in 5 hours. What is its speed in miles per hour?
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Question 356521: a train travels at an average speed of 15ms for 20 minutes. how far did it traveltravel in that time?
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Question 356536: 6. at 10 am a car leaves a house at the rate of 60 miles per hr. at the same time another car leaves the same house at the rate of 50 mi/hr in the opposite direction. at what time will the cars be 330 miles apart?

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Question 356503: Two cars left Raleigh at the same time headed for Nashville. The Miata averages 65 mph while the Metro averages only 55 mph. In how many hours will they be 55 miles apart?
(We have gone over this in class a few weeks ago but I just can't get the hang of it. I mix up the formulas and really don't know where to start with this word problem.)
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Question 356515: celia writes the equation d=8t to represent the distance in miles "d" that the bikers could travel in "t" hours at a speed of 8 kiles per hour.
what is the distance traveled every half hour, up to 5 hours
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Question 356544: A plane averaging 120 mi/h and an express train averaging 60 mi/h depart at the same time from the same city headed for the same destination.If the train arrives 45 min later than the plane, how far did they each travel?
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Question 356570: If a plane travels 550 kilometers per hour, represent the distance it will travel in h hours.
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Question 356559: Erika drives her car with an average velocity of 24 m/s toward the east.
a. How long will it take her to drive 560 km on a perfectly straight highway?
b. How much time would she save if she increased her average velocity to 26 m/s to the east?
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Question 356580: two cars leave town at the same time going in the same direction on the same road. one travels 30 mph, the other travels at 45 mph. in how many hours will they be 150 miles apart?
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Question 356578: Butch starts walking from point A at 2 miles per hour. One-half hour later, Dick starts walking from point A at 3.5 miles per hour and follows the same route. How long will it take Dick to catch up with Butch?
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Question 356297: A tour boat makes the round trip from the mainland to a fishing village in 6 hours. If the average speed of the boat going to the village is 15 mph and the average speed returning is 12 mph, how far from the mainland is the island?
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Question 356607: at the beginning of a bicycle ride for charity, roberto and juana are 30 miles apart. If they Leave at the same time and ride in the same direction, roberto overtakes juana in 6 hours. if they ride toward each other, they meet in 1 hour. what are their speeds?
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Question 356612: Fred walks 3 miles an hour. John walks 2 miles an hour. If they live 4 miles apart, and leave their house at the same time, when will they meet?
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Question 356632: A car trevels 76 km in 30 min. what is it's speed?
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Question 356601: a car travels a distance of 720km at a speed of 120 km per hour how long did the trip take?
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Question 356599: at a beginning of a bicycle ride for charity, Roberto and Juana are 30 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and ride in the same direction, Roberto evertakes Juana in 6 hours. If they ride toward eachother, they meet in 1 hour. What are their speeds?
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Question 356409: Two buses leave the station at teh same time, one heading east and the other west. The first bus is going 35 mph and the second 45 mph. How long will it take for them to be 120 miles apart?
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Question 356702: A supertanker leaves port traveling north at an average speed of 10 knots. Two hours later a cruise ship leaves the same port, heading south at an average speed of 18 knots. How many hours after the cruise ship sails will the two ships be 209 nautical miles apart? (1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour)
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Question 356694: please help
1.maria travels upstream by boat a distance of 60 miles in 15 hours. the return trip takes 12 hours. find the boats rate in still water and the rate of the current.
2. a truck travels for 4 hours at an average speed of 42 miles per hour. how much longer must the truck travel at an average speed of 55miles per hour so that the average speed of the total trip will be 50 miles per hour?
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Question 356708: when traveling at 50mph how long would it take you to travel 352 miles

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Question 356742: An airline travels for 6 hours at an average speed of 650 km/h. What was the distance covered in that period?
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Question 356739: If i am traveling at 80kmh how long will it take me to travel 126km?
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Question 356796: what is the distance you will travel if you maintain an average speed of 10km/hr for 1/2 hour.
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Question 356820: Suposse you travel at an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour. How long will it take you to travel 460 kilometers.?
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Question 356820: Suposse you travel at an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour. How long will it take you to travel 460 kilometers.?
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Question 356805: A cyclist travels 36 mi in 3 hours going against the wind and 40 mi in 2 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the cyclist in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 356835: Trains A and B are going in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is moving at 40 miles per hour. Train B is moving at 60 miles per hour. Train A passes a station at 2:15am. If Train B passes the same station at 2:30am, what time will Train B catch up to Train A ?
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Question 356844: Dan drives 300 miles to attend college on the drive back home his average speed decreases by 10 miles per hour..

write an equation that gives the total driving time t ( in hours ) as a function of average speed r ( in miles per hour ) when driving to college ..

then it says
find the total driving time if he drives to college at an average speed of 60 miles per hour..

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Question 356843: Dan drives 300 miles to attend college on the drive back home his average speed decreases by 10 miles per hour..

write an equation that gives the total driving time t ( in hours ) as a function of average speed r ( in miles per hour ) when driving to college ..

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Question 356735: A mother horse and a baby horse walk 10 miles from point A to point B. The mother’s speed is 10 miles per hour and the baby’s 5 miles per hour. The mother rests for 2 minutes after every x minutes of walking. The baby keeps walking. They arrive together at the destination. Find the range of x.
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Question 356825: Two buses leave a station at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. The rate of the slower bus is 15mph less than the rate of the faster bus. After 4 hours, they are 492 miles apart. What is the rate of the slower bus?
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Question 356935: hOW FAST DO I HAVE TO RUN TO DO 26.2 MILES IN 3HOURS 55MINUTES?
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Question 356937: Engine pulls train 140 miles, 2nd engine is 5 mph faster than first, takes over and pull the train 200 miles, total time required for 6 hrs.
find the average rate of each engine.
totally stuck on the setup of the problem..
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Question 356938: Rachael runs 2 kilometers to a bus stop, and then rides 4.5 km to school. On average the bus is 45 km/hr faster than Rachael's average running speed. If the entire trip takes 25 minutes, how fast does Rachael run?
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