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Question 420471: if you are going 60 mph how long does it take you to go 3 feet?
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Question 420454: A motor bike travels 320km per hour, how far does it go in 15 seconds
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Question 420495: A player hits a baseball at a 45 degree angle with the ground with an initial velocity of 80 feet per second from a height of three feet above the ground. The equation h=-0.005x^2+x+3 gives the path of the ball, where h is the height and x is the horizontal distance the ball travels.
What is the equation of the axis of symmetry? (my answer was x=-b/2a=-1/-0.01=100)(Is that right?)
What is the maximum height reached by the baseball? (my answer was 53 feet)
An outfielder catches the ball three feet above the ground. How far has the ball traveled horizontally when the outfielder catches it?
(I'm confused on how to do this problem. I thought you would just put 3 in for the h, but I don't know where to go from there.)
I'd really appreciate if you could help me with this problem!
Thank you!
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Question 420509: Ian is standing 1.4 miles across a 2 mile railroad bridge when he sees a train approaching at a constant speed. Astonishingly enough, he can just get off the bridge by either running toward or away from the train at his constant speed of running. Find the number of miles that the train is from the bridge when Ian sees the train. (d=rt)
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Question 420774: The speed of train X is 14 km/h faster than the speed of train Y. Train X travels 400 km in the same time it takes train Y to travel 330 km. Find the speed of each.
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Question 420918: trains A & B are traveling in the same direction on parellel tracks. train a is traveling at 40 miles per hour and train b is traveling at 60 miles per hour. Trai na passes the station at 3:10am. If train b passes the same station at 3:22am, at what time will train b catch up to train a.
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Question 420981: Two steamers leave a port on a river at the same time, traveling opposite directions. Each is traveling 22 mph. How long will it take for them to be 110 mi apart?
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Question 421123: A driver who drives at a speed of r mph for t hr will travel a distance d mi given by d=rt mi. how far will a driver travel at a speed of 58 for 4 hrs?
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Question 421150: John lives twice as far from school as Mona does. If the total distance that John and Mona travel every school dayis 8.7 km . how far from school does John live?
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Question 421237: Mike drove from New City to Old Village at an average speed of 60 m/h to visit his parents. On the way back he needed to speed up to catch a baseball game with a friend, so he drove at 75 m/h. His trip involved a total of 5 hours of driving time. What is the distance between New City and Old Village. (Any help would be much appreciated, i am doing questions for a practice exam.)
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Question 421255: i am charged $300 for someone to take my things 651 miles how much per mile are they making ?
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Question 421371: Two buses leave a station at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus travels 10km/h slower than the other. If the two buses are 1200km apart after 6 hours, what is the rate of each bus
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Question 421372: Two buses leave a station at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus travels 10km/h slower than the other. If the two buses are 1200km apart after 6 hours, what is the rate of each bus?
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Question 421415: An observer stands 46.0 m behind a marksmen practicing at a rifle range. The marksman fires the rifle horizontally which gives the speed of the bullet to be 985 m/s. How far does each bullet travel before the observer hears the report of the rifle? Assume that the bullet encounter no obstacles during this interval, and ignore both air resistance and vertical component of the bullet's motion. The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.
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Question 421431: HELP!!! Not good at these AT ALL =(
Rina runs 4 miles in 30 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would she run in 18 minutes?
Thanks for your IMMEDIATE and quick response!!!
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Question 421462: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels at 100 miles per hour. The eastbound train travels at 80 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to be 369 miles apart?
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Question 421419: After diving 93 m below sea level, a diver rises at a rate of 4 meters per minute for 7 minutes. Where is the diver in relation to the surface?
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Question 421537: Hindered by a strong wind, a jet flew 15% slower than usual and made a 4000 mile trip in 30 minutes longer than usual. What is the usual speed of the jet?
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Question 421658: Kids are one third the way across a bridge when they hear the sound of a train whistle. They see a train coming toward them at 45 miles per hour. Kids figured out they could run ahead to get to the far end of the bridge at the exact same time as the train or they could run back toward the train to the beginning of the bridge at the exact same time as the train arrived at the beginning of the bridge. How fast do the kids have to run to either make it to the beginning of the bridge at the same time as the train or to the end of the bridge at the same time as the train?
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Question 421693: Peter leaves Mitchells house traveling 40 mph. Mitchell leaves 15 minutes later, trying to catch up to Peter, going 50 mph. If they drive along the same route, how long will it take Mitchell to catch Peter?
Amount of time Mitchell has driven:
This was a question I got wrong on my test, and I can get more points if I redo it. My first answer was 30 minutes, but I'm pretty confused so that was just a guess.
Thanks!
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Question 421770: a certain aircraft can fly 1600 miles with the wind in 5 hours and travel the same distance against the wind in 8 hours. What is the spee=d of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air? ( set two equations up ex. y=2x+3 and x=2y+10 and solve using substitution method or addition method)
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Question 421784: Two trains are parralle on a track. Train A is going at a speed of 100 mph while train b is going at a speed of 110 mph. Train A passes the station at 6:10am and train b passes the same station at 6:22am. What time will train b catch up with train a?
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Question 421847: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 16 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains are 400 miles apart after 2 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?
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Question 421871: Tom and Cathy decide to run a race. Tom can run at 10 meters per second and Cathy can run at 6 meters per second. Tom gives Cathy a 50 meter head start. How long is it before Tom catches Cathy? Answer should be numerical in seconds
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Question 421874: If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hours, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?
Thank you
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Question 421889: A bus traveling at rate of 60 kph leaves a city. Two hours later, a bus whose average rate is 80 kph leaves the same city traveling in the same direction. How long will it take the faster bus to overtake the slower bus?
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Question 421928: How far does a plane travel in the first 3 minutes after take off?
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Question 421877: A man walks for 2 hours - on the way there he walks straight at 4/km per hour and uphill to the point at 3/km per hour. On the way back he walks downhill at 6/km per hour and straight at 4/km per hour. How many kilometers has he travelled in total after 2 hours?
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Question 421963: Jake flew his plane 500 miles against the wind in the same time as it took him to fly 700 miles with the wind. If the speed of the wind is 40 mph, what was the speed of the plane? So far for the set up of the problem I have Jake against the wind and Jake with the wind. R*T= D so Jake against the wind 500D=R-40 *T and Jake with the wind is 700D=S+40*T but I don't know how to set this up for solving
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Question 421927: How far does a plane travel in the last five minutes of the flight, before it lands?
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Question 421916: how fast must a car tavel to overtake a bus in 5 hours, if the bus is averaging 30 kilometers per hour and left 3 hours before the car
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Question 421998: It takes a plane 8 hours to fly 1280 miles with the wind. If it takes it 12 hours and 48 minutes to cover the same distance when flying against the wind, find the spped of the wind in miles per hour.
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Question 422091: A tortoise walks 27 miles in a year.At this rate,how many miles will this tortoise walk in 10 year?

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Question 422187: Darryl rode his bike m miles from his house to his friend’s house. He rode a different route home that was 1 mile less than 2 times as far as his first route. Darryl rode a total of 5 miles roundtrip. Which equation models this situation?
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Question 422162: against the wind a small plane flew 21 miles in 1 hr and 10 minutes, the return trip only took 50 minutes. what was the speed of the wind, what was the speed of the plane in still air
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Question 422303: jose left for his hometown at 6 am at the rate of 49 kph. lito also left the same at 8 am and overtook jose at 10 am.at what rate lito wqas going.
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Question 422310: Jose left for his hometown at 6 am at the rate of 49 kph.Lito left the same at 8 am and overtook Jose at 10 am. At what rate Lito was going.
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Question 422316: Two cars leave from the same place at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. After 2 hours, the cars are 308 km apart. What are their speeds if their speeds are in the ratio 4:3?
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Question 422314: Lucas ran away from home at 7:15 p.m. running at a rate of 5 kph. His father set out after him 15/2 hours later. At what time did the father overtake the son if he was able to pursue at the rate of 8 kph?
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Question 422318: In the last race, Lydia is 50 feet in front of Elma after 10 seconds. How fast can Lydia run if Elma can run 20 feet per second?
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Question 422304: I need some help with a word problem that I need to translate to an algebraic problem and solve
Jackie either drives or bicycles from home to school. Her average speed when driving is 36mph, and her average speed when bicycling is 12mph. If it takes her 1/2 hour less to drive to school, how long does take her to go to school, and how far is the school from her home?
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Question 422372: How long does it take to go 119 miles at 35mph?
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Question 422427: A train travels 150 km in the same time that a plane covers 375 km. If the speed of the plane is 40km per hr less than 3 times the speed of the train, find both speeds.
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