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Question 674979: You can run 1:5 mile in two minutes. How long will it take u to run 2 miles?
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Question 674961: Two cyclists rode their bicycles up and down a hill. They averaged ten kilometer per hour on the way up and twenty kilometer per hour on the way down. What is their average speed for the entire trip?
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Question 675091: If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I am stumped here and would like to see the process of figuring this out.
A car is initially traveling at 20 m/s when it accelerates to 35 m/s in a time of 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car in m/s2?

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Question 675087: two friends go running. Leaving from the same point, 1 heads south at 7 mph for 3 hours and then heads east at 5 mph for 1 hour. The other friend heads west for two hours at 6 mph and then heads north at 5 mph for 2 hours. Which of the following expresses the distance, in miles, between the two friends after 4 hours?
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Question 675140: Suppose a car's brakes can produce an acceleration of �7 m/s2. If the car is traveling at an initial speed of 28 m/s, what is the minimum distance necessary to stop the car?

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Question 675139: Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. This is all new to me and am having problems trying to figure it out.

A one-meter long rifle fires a bullet at a velocity of 800 m/s. What is the average acceleration experienced by the bullet when it is fired? (Hint: You need to find the time it takes the bullet to travel the length of the barrel first. The bullet is initially at rest in the rifle.)
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Question 675126: A train travels 600 km, how much would it take to go in 7 hours

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Question 675155: Jonathon was traveling through the French countryside on his motorcycle going 76 kilometers per hour. What was his speed in meters per minute?
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Question 675157: Carol drove for 3 hours on a two lane state road
she then increased her speed by 10 miles per hour on the freeway and drove for 6 more hours
if the total trip was 555 miles then what was her speed on the freeway
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Question 675218: Can someone help on this. How do I go about converting the speed 25 mi/h to m/s and km/h. Any help is appreciated.
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Question 675218: Can someone help on this. How do I go about converting the speed 25 mi/h to m/s and km/h. Any help is appreciated.
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Question 675221: Two brothers leave from the same point driving in opposite directions, the first brother driving at 60 miles per hour and the second driving at 45 mph. The first brother has a one hour head start. How long will they be able to talk on their car phones if the phones have a 260 mile-range?
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Question 675186: You are riding your bike to prepare for a race. It takes you 12 min to go 2.5 mi. If you continue traveling at the same rate, how long will it take you to go 7 mi?

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Question 675237: A van leaves at 11AM traveling at 45mph. A truck leaves from the same spot at 12PM traveling at 65mph. At what time will the truck pass the van?
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Question 675314: If you are going a distance of 9 miles and you make it in 3 minutes. How fast was you going in mph?
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Question 675246: how many seconds would it take for me to travel a distance of 1000 feet at a rate of 15 miles per hour
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Question 675293: If your traveling 30 miles per hour, how far would you travel in 18 minutes? What formula would you use to solve these types of equations.
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Question 675396: A car traaveled 270 miles in 6 hours.What is the speed of the car?
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Question 675425: how long does it take a scooter at 45km/h to travel 9.8km
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Question 675455: Bob travels 4 miles upstream. In the same time, he could have traveled 7 miles downstream. If the speed of the current is 3 mph, find the speed of the boat in still water.

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Question 675517: A bus took a 330 mile trip in 7 hours. The speed was 54 mph for the first part of the trip, and 30 mph for the return trip. How many hours were traveled at each speed?
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Question 675647: a man traveld 108km and found dat he could have made the journey in 4 and a half hours had he traveled 2 miles an hours faster at what speed did he travel?
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Question 675627: Anna took her scooter and headed to the beach driving 20 mph. Breanna left two hours
later and also headed to the beach on her scooter driving 20 mph.
How many hours did Anna drive before Breanna
caught up with her?
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Question 675643: a small plane leaves the airport at the same time a train leaves the same location. the plane flies 120 mph faster than the train. two hours after their departure the train and plane are 420 miles apart. find the speed of each and show the equation.
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Question 675667: A car is driving at a speed of 0.5/50(please do with .5 and 50) miles per hour. what is the speed of the car in ft per min.
the answer is 3,960 feet per minute.
i just don't know how to work it out.

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Question 675711: a mover drives a moving truck. he leaves the familys house and travels at a steady rate of 40mph. the family leaves three fourths of an hour later following the same route. they travel at a steady rate of 60MPH. how long after the moving truck leaves will the car catch up?
i can do the equition i just dont know how to set it up.
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Question 675734: Chris and Gilbert drove a total of 522 miles in 8.2 hours. Chris drove the first part of the trip and averaged 65 miles per hour. Gilbert drove the remainder of the
trip and averaged 55 miles per hour. For what length of the time did Chris drive?
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Question 675725: two cars pass on a straight highway while traveling in opposite directions. One car is traveling 6 miles per hour faster than the other car. After 1.5 hours the two cars are 171 miles apart. Find the speed of each car.
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Question 675768: Sam leaves for the store on his skateboard at 8 mph. His skateboard breaks when he gets to the store, so he immediately goes home at a speed of 4 mph. What is the round trip distance if it took 2 hours?
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Question 675786: Eric drove 250 miles using 9 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons of gas would he need to drive 450 miles?
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Question 675786: Eric drove 250 miles using 9 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons of gas would he need to drive 450 miles?
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Question 675790: A truck was able to average only 40 mph for the first 4 hours of a delivery route. How long must the driver travel at a speed of 55 mph to average 50 mph for the trip?
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Question 675983: In a 30 mile race between Joe and Frank, Joe started an hour after frank and finished an hour before Frank. Joe's average speed was 1 mile per hour faster than Franks. Find Joe and Frank's average seed during the race.
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Question 675996: A boat travels 140 miles going upstream and takes 10 hours. Then travels the same distance downstream in 5 hours.
A What is the speed of the boat?
B. What is the speed of the current?
It's been over 50 years since I took algebra
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Question 676077: a cyclist can travel 54.8 miles in 4 hours. How far can the same cyclist travel in 5 hours
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Question 676175: a car leaves town at 30 mph, tow hours later another car leaves same place, going the same direction at a speed of 42 mph. How many hours will the second car be driven before it catches up?

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Question 676243: a boat traveled 72 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 3 hours. The trip back took 18 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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Question 676338: how many miles does a car drive if it is going 55 mph for 40 minutes?
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Question 676338: how many miles does a car drive if it is going 55 mph for 40 minutes?
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Question 676270: Jim leaves 25 miles from work. He rides his bike at 9mph to the metro which travels at 30mph. He spends 2 minutes less on his bike than on the metro. What's the distance from his house to the metro?
The answer is five miles. However, here is how I set it up. 9(x-2) + 30x = 25 and then I tried 9(x-.03) + 30x = 25. Not once did I get the answer. I'm stuck.
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Question 676354: A car travels from town a to town b going 30 mph, on the trip back, its averaging 45 mph? How far is it between towns if the whole trip took 9 hours?
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