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Question 398162: A boat travels 27 miles downstream in 3 hours, and when traveling upstream it takes twice as much time to travel 2/3 of that distance. Find the rate of the boat in still water and the rate of the current.
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Question 398166: Two bicyclists, 42 miles apart, begin riding toward each other on a long straight avenue. One cyclist travels 15 miles per hour and the other 20 miles per hour. At the same time, Spot (a greyhound), starting at one cyclist, runs back and forth between the two cyclists as they approach each other. If Spot runs 38 miles per hour and turns around instantly at each cyclist, how far has he run when the cyclists meet?

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Question 398224: two planes leave from Dallas, Texas. The first plane travels east at a rate of 250 mph. The second plane travels west at a speed of 225 mph. How long will it take for them to be 2850 miles apart?

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Question 398154: A part time construction worker earned $7300. He invested some money at 7 percent and the rest at 6 percent. If he received $458 total in interest at the end of the year, how much of his money was invested at 7 percent?
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Question 398263: A car travels 40 kilometers at an average speed of 80 km/h and then travels 40 kilometers at an average speed of 40 km/h. The average speed of the car for this 80 km trip is:
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Question 398349: mia drove a distance of 343 km she took 3 hours 30 minutes. work out her average speed in km/h
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Question 398350: James and Sam went on holiday by plane. The pilot said the speed of the plane was 285 kilometres per hour. James Kilometres per hour was about the same as 80 metres per second. Was James correct?
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Question 398354: A car travels at 30 miles per hour. Change 30 miles per hour to kilometres per hour.
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Question 398742: I am trying to figure out how much gas it would cost to go from my home to one of Walt Disney Worlds resorts round trip. The information I have is that it is 1105 miles, the price of gas is 3.30 a gallon, and my vehicle gets about 250 miles per tank of gas or about 20 miles per gallon on a 15 gallon tank. Could you please help me. Thank you Lisa
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Question 398766: At 1020a an aircraft flew over airforce base , at 1032a it flew over a navy air base 120 miles away, so how fast was the aircraft flying?
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Question 398757: a hiker hikes up a mountain 1 mi/h slower than she hikes down the mountain. if it takes her 1.5 hours to hike up the mountain and only 1 hour to hike down it, how fast does she move in each direction?
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Question 398781: 90 miles in 2 hours
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Question 398795: A car journey of 300km lasts 4 hours. Parts of this journey is on a freeway at an average speed of 90 km/h. The rest is on country roads at an average speed of 70 km/h. Let T be the time (in hours) spent on the freeway.
I've worked out that in terms of T, the number of hours travelling on country roads is 4-T. And the distance travelled on the freeway is 90T and on the country roads is 70T.
The final part of the question is: Find T and the distance travelled on each type of road.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
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Question 398800: If a person walks at a rate of 3.3 miles per hour, how many feet will he walk in 78 minutes?
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Question 398804: two men start togather to walk a certain distance. one at 4km/hr and the other at 4/3 km/h . the former arrives 30 minutes before. what is the total distance in kilometers?
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Question 398821: A motorboat can travel upstream on a river at 18 km/h and downstream at 30 km/h. How far upstream can the boat travel if it leaves at 8:00 AM and must return by noon?
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Question 398817: A truck left Huck’s trucks and traveled north on 80 km/h. one hour later, anther truck left Huck’s trucks and traveled south at 60 km/h. how many hours had the first truck traveled when they were 150 km apart?
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Question 398819: Ms. Driva Reck drove from her home to a service station at 48 km/h. She returned home by bicycle at 16 km/h. The entire trip took 4 hours. How far was the service station from Ms. Reck's home?
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Question 398820: A plane on a search mission flew east from an airport, turned, and flew west back to the airport. the plance cruised at 300 km/h when byling east, and 400 km/h when flying west. the plane was in the air for 7 hours. how far from the airport did the plane travel?
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Question 398900: A baseball pitcher throws a fastball at 89 miles per hour.if the the distance from the pitchers mound to home plate is 60.5 feet how long in seconds will it take the ball to reach home plate?
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Question 398970: John 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 398964: A car leaves a town at 60 miles per hour. How long will it take a second car, traveling at 70 miles per hour, to catch the first car if it leaves 1 hour later?
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Question 399014: Jack and Jill decide to go for a jog. Jack runs at a constant rate of 8mph while Jill speeds along at 9mph. If they both leave at the same time going on the same route, how long before they will be 3/4 miles apart?
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Question 399002: how many days will a 500 km trip take if your going 7 h/day and 12 km/h?
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Question 399207: The speed of light is about 186,000 mi/s. The distance from the earth to the sun is about 93 million miles. Find how long it takes for a light ray from the sun to reach the earth.
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Question 399215: What speed is required to travel 60 miles in 3 hours
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Question 399221: Two cars leave Denver at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One car travels 10mi/h faster than the other car. The cars are 50mi apart in 5h. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 399249: Maria Family took a four day road trip. They Drove 260 miles on the first day,100 miles on the second day,260 miles on the third day and 180 miles on the last day. What is the mode.?
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Question 399194: Caroline covers 1200 miles on her business trip driving on a combination of snowy roads and ice-free ploughed roads one winter. Her average speed on the snowy roads is 40 mph while she maintains 60 mph on the ice-free pavement. If her driving time on the snowy road is 1/4 times that of the ice free road, how many hours has elapsed since Caroline left home?
**I can probably solve this if it is put into an equation. I am good at equations but for some reason have trouble making equations out of paragraphs. Thank you.
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Question 399299: If 5 3/5 miles of road can be completed in 1 month, how many miles can be completed in 6 1/2 months?
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Question 399332: A cyclist leaves his training base for a morning workout, riding at the rate of 20 mph. One hour later, his support staff leaves the base in a car going 58 mph in the same direction. How long will it take the support staff to catch up with the cyclist once the car leaves the base
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Question 399284: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $5.50 per pound with coffee costing $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pound
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Question 399274: If a parade 1 mi long is proceeding at 3 mph, how long will it take a runner jogging at 7 mph to travel from the end of the parade to the start of the parade?
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Question 399210: How long does it take for a photon from sirius at a distance of 2.63 parsecs to reach your eye here on earth? for this question i need to know what math to use and have to show all work, im very lost and need help!!!!
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Question 399251: a car traveled at a steady speed for 130 km. due to a mechanical problem, it returned at half that speed. if the total time for the round trip was 4 hours 30 minutes, find the two speeds?
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Question 399430: a car travleled 300 miles in 4 2/7 hours.how many mile per hour did the car travel?
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Question 399430: a car travleled 300 miles in 4 2/7 hours.how many mile per hour did the car travel?
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Question 399430: a car travleled 300 miles in 4 2/7 hours.how many mile per hour did the car travel?
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Question 399432: Train A and Train B depart at the same time from
the same station for a destination 4,000 miles away.
If Train A travels at constant rate of 170 miles per
hour and Train B travels at a constant rate of 200
miles per hour, how far will the two trains be from
each other, in miles, when Train B reaches its destination?
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Question 399516: A runner starts at the beginning of a runners’ path and runs at a
constant rate of 5 mi/hr. Six minutes later a second runner begins at the
same point running at a rate of 7 mi/hr and following the same course.
How long will it take the second runner to reach the first?
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Question 399522: at a rate of 5 mph how long will it take to go 12 miles
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Question 399630: Two cars leave towns 380 kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One car's rate is 20 kilometers per hour more than the other's. If they meet in 2 hours, what is the rate of the faster car?
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Question 399668: you are riding your bicycle.It takes you 21 minutes to go 5 miles. If you continue traveling at the same rate,how long will it take you to go 12 miles?
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Question 399713: The distance a car travels varies directly with the amount of gas used. You traveled 138 miles on 6 gallons of gasoline.What is the miles per gallon that your car gets?
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