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Question 614424: If the average distance between Pluto and the sun is 7.8 X 10 eighth power Kilometers
and the average distance between the sun and Uranus is 4.51 X 10 ninth power Kilometers
What is the approximate difference between these average distances?
A. 3.0 X 10 eighth power KM
B. 3.4 X 10 nineth power KM
C. 3.7 X 10 nineth power KM
D. 4.0 X 10 tenth power KM
Could someone please help me with the problem! Please explain!

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Question 614419: Please help me solve this word problem: a car travels 225 miles on 9 gallons of gas. How far can the car travel on 15 gallons of gas?
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Question 614427: If a rocket is traveling 450 mph, how far does it travel in 18 minutes?
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Question 614434: neil weighed 360 pound on earth but 60 pounds on the moon. kristina weighs 108 pound on earth, what will she weigh on the moon?
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Question 614430: A car travels 10km, and takes it 20 minutes how much will it cost in rands

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Question 614456: Doug and Austin both run on their junior high school cross country team. Doug was not feeling well and ran 2 miles per hour slower than Austin. Doug finished the four mile race 10 minutes after Austin. How fast was Austin running? How long did it take Doug to finish the race?
this is what I have but it doesn't seem to be working out
D = R x T
Doug ... 4 ... x-2 ... [4/(x-2)]+10
Austin ... 4 ... x ... 4/x
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Question 614565: Ray drove 22 kilometers. How many meters did he drive?
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Question 614591: Question:
After driving 12 miles north and then 5 miles west, how far will you be from your starting point.
I'm not really sure if this is a trick question or something, because basicall are you just adiing 12+5=17 which would be your answer, or are you supposedly able to cut across diagonally, which would make it 12 miles.
Your help is greatly appreciated
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Question 614664: I need an algabraic equation for: i need to finish the 10 km run in 43 minutes how fast must i run each km?

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Question 614806: kristin left the white house and traveled south at an average speed of 55 mph. shreya left some time later traveling in the opposite direction with an average speed of 70 mph after kristin had traveld for four hours they were 500 mi. apart. find the number of hours shreya traveled
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Question 614795: If a plane can travel 600 miles on 50 gallons of fuel how many miles can it travel on 20 gallons of fuel
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Question 614831: How long would it take someone to drive 2,000 miles going at a speed of 50mph?
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Question 614716: Maureen jogged 3 km less than her older sister. If each of them jogged 4 km less, the total distances would have been 15 km. How far did each sister jog?Please, and thank you :)
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Question 614771: Two cars started their journey form opposite direction (point A and B), with different speed. Both cars meet at 90 km form the high speed car�s point (point A) of start. And after arriving at starting of each others point they travel back and again meet at 50km away form point A. calculate the distance between both points.
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Question 614630: Casey leaves home at 10 a.m and drives at an average speed drives at an average speed of 25 mph. Marshall leaves the same house 15 minutes later, and drives the same route, but twice as fast as Casey. At what time will Marshall pass Casey, and how far from home will they be when he does?
I tried this equation for the first question, but I got a negative number.
25t = 50(t+1/4)

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Question 614913: If you are traveling at 4,000 mph, how long does it take to go 261 million km?
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Question 614940: there are two planes fly in two directions one is flying for east direction with the rate of 300kph and other is for west direction with the rate of 360kph. in how many minutes if they are 660km. apart.
please show the solution.thank you.

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Question 615039: Car A gets a running start traveling at 80mph at the starting line. Car B is at 0. Car B can accelerate from 0-80 in 13.68 seconds. 0-100mph in 22.44 seconds. How long would it take Car B to catch up with Car A? How much distance is needed? How fast would car B have to get to before it could overtake Car A?
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Question 615054: If i were travelling 250mi and my car averages 34 mpg how many gallons of gas will I need?
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Question 615078: A particular hybrid car travels approximately 240 miles on 5 gallons of gas. Find the amount of gas for a 912 mile trip
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Question 615151: If a tire rotates at 400 revolutions per minute when the car is travelling 72km/h, what is the circumference of the tire?
thanks for your help tutors

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Question 615181: An automobile travels the 150-mile distance between two towns in 2 1/2 hours. An airplane travels 4 times as fast as the auto. What is the speed of the airplane in miles per hour?
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Question 615294: A plane travels at 700 mph. How long does it take for the plane to fly 4 miles?
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Question 615280: A plane flew 720 miles in 3 hours with the wind. It would take 4 hours to travel the same distance against the wind. What is the rate of the plane in still air? What is the speed of the wind?
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Question 615382: If you are traveling 80mph how long would it take you to go 30 miles?

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Question 615403: a wheel has a diameter of 90cm it spins 2oo times. How far did it travel?

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Question 615361: If someone travels 26 miles in 86 minutes how fast are they traveling?
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Question 615418: Speed 160km/h for 4 hours 45 minutes,what is distance travelled?
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Question 615385: Andrew and Bert are 10km apart, They walk towards each other at 6km/h and 4km/h respectively. Given that they leave at the same instant and at this instant a bird starts to fly from Andrew to Bert (and flies at an average of 20km/h); when it reaches Bert it flies back to Andrew, then back to Bert, then back to Andrew, then back to Bert, etc., until Andrew and Bert meet, find the total distance travelled by the bird.
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Question 615427: If Kevin walks to school and rides his bicycle back home it takes him 90 minutes. If he rider his bicycle both ways it takes him 30 minutes. How would it take him to make the trip to school and back walking both ways?
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Question 615457: A and B are walking towards each other over a road 120 miles long..A walks at a rate of 6 mph, and B walks at a rate of 4 mph..how soon will they meet??
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Question 615547: train A leaves the station going 60 mph and train b leaves the station at 80 mph at 625 what time will train b catch up to train a at the station?
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Question 615549: what is the average speed of a train if it takes 16 hours to travel 1200 miles

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Question 615575: the height of a model rocket can be measure by the function H(t)=720t-16t^2, where t is time measured in seconds, and H is measured in feet. how long does it take the rocket to reach its highest point, and how high does it get
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Question 615583: How fast can Peter bike if he can go 200 miles in 4 hours?
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Question 615738: three buses leave at intervals of 15 minutes, 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. Three buses left the terminal together at 0700. At what time will it be when the buses leave the terminal together again?
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Question 615712: Ramaswamy walked to the town at a speed of 4 km/hr and came back by bicycle at a speed of 12 km/hr.The total time for to and fro journey was 5/2 hrs.Find the times taken by him to travel by foot and bicycle.
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Question 615900: train goes 32 miles pee hour and opposite direction 16 miles per hour.what is average speed

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Question 615911: If sound travels 2 miles in 10 seconds, how far does sound travel in 3 minutes?
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Question 615951: If a bullet is shot straight up with an initial velocity of 48 feet per second, its height s after t seconds is given by the equation s=48t-16t^2 Find the time it takes for the bullet to return to Earth.
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Question 615960: 1/2 hour times 3.5 is
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Question 615906: a person drives from town A to Town B at the rate of 40mph and then flies back at the rate of 120mph. if the total traveling time is 11 hours, how far is it in miles from town A to town B?
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Question 615976: The Missouri Football Stadium is 12 3/4 inches from the Columbia Regional Airport on a map with a representative fraction of 1 : 100,000. How many miles apart are they?
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