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Question 847852: A man leaves his house. He travels 5 mi north, then 5 mi east, and then 17 mi south. how far is he from his house?
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Question 847811: Josh left campus and drove toward San Francisco at an average speed of 40km/h. Rob left some time later driving in the same direction at an average speed 50 km/h. After driving for four hours Rob caught up with Josh. How long did Josh drive before Rob caught up?

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Question 847909: Karen drove 693 miles in 11 hours.
At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 9 hours?

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Question 847909: Karen drove 693 miles in 11 hours.
At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 9 hours?

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Question 848067: how long will it take me to travel 60 miles at an approx speed of 75 miles per hour?
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Question 848067: how long will it take me to travel 60 miles at an approx speed of 75 miles per hour?
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Question 848099: A runner travels 8 blocks north and 15 blocks east. How far is the runner from her starting point?

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Question 848105: A truck travels at a constant speed of 45 kilometers per hour. How far
does the truck travel in 20 minutes?

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Question 848104: A car drove 20 miles north and then turned east. The car is now 30 miles from the starting point. How far did the car travel east? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Question 848171: Greg is riding his bike. He ride 25.6 km in 4 hours. what is his speed?
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Question 848229: A bus traveled 560 km at a constant rate. A truck traveled the same distance 10km/hr faster than the bus in 1 hour less time. Find the constant rate of the bus. How long did it take the truck to travel the 560km?
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Question 848221: what is its average rate of speed in statute miles per hour , if an airplane flies from new york to chicago in 3 hours and 45 minutes.
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Question 848173: a helicopter can travel 200mph. How long will it take to travel 135 miles? How would you set this problem up to solve?
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Question 848267: A riverboat can travel downstream from port A to port B at 20 mph. It can travel upstream from port B to port A at 15 mph. If it takes 5 hours to go upstream than downstream, what is the distance between ports A and B?
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Question 848325: Please help, I am having problems solving this problem: Plane A leaves an airport in Toronto at 10am. Plane B leaves at 11am from the same airport on the same course and overtakes Plane A in 2.5 hours, if the average speed of Plane B is 300km/hr faster than Plane A, find the speed of each.
Thanks

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Question 848325: Please help, I am having problems solving this problem: Plane A leaves an airport in Toronto at 10am. Plane B leaves at 11am from the same airport on the same course and overtakes Plane A in 2.5 hours, if the average speed of Plane B is 300km/hr faster than Plane A, find the speed of each.
Thanks

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Question 848394: A car covers 225 km in 2.5 hours. How far can the car do in 1.75 hours?
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Question 848431: How many miles per hour do you need to run so you can run 1/4 mile in 55 seconds
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Question 848432: Jessica walks and jogs to the university each day. If she averages 5 km/hr walking 9 km/hr jogging, how far does she jog in the distance from her home to the university is 8 km and Jessica makes the trip in 1 hour?
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Question 848461: A river has a 3 mph current. A canoe travels 18 miles upstream and returns in a total of 8 hours. what is the speed of the canoe in still water?
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Question 848482: In a race, Carl starts 1 mile behind Dave. Carl is traveling at 45 miles per hour, while Dave is traveling at 40 miles
per hour. How long will it take for Carl to overtake Dave?

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Question 848490: two boats in opposite directions; one at 10mph,the other at 14mph. in how many hours will they be 48 miles apart if they travel the same time?
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Question 848272: a small plane flew 1056 miles in 4 hours with the wind. Then on the return trip, flying against the wind, the plane traveled 680 miles in 4 hours. What were the wind velocity and the speed of the plane?
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Question 846837: If a jet can travel 600 mph, how long in seconds will it take jet to travel 5 miles?
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Question 848536: a car is going 75 mph has a 1 hr start on the chopper trying to overtake the car. the chopper is traveling 150 mph. How far from the starting point does the chopper overtake the car?
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Question 848539: Beth is in a cross-country ski race. She travels 5 kilometers in 48 minutes. What is Beth's speed in kilometers per hour?
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Question 848438: Two skiers set out together on a long track, one skied a quarter of a mile per hour faster than the other and finished an hour earlier, if both skied 34 miles at what rate did each of them ski
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Question 848511: How much time do you save if you drive 10 mph faster for 100 miles?
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Question 848568: flying with the wind, a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hour. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 270 miles in the same amount of time.Find the rate of the wind in miles per hour
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Question 848553: Flying against he wind, a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hour. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 270 miles in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the wind in miles per hour.
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Question 848581: I f an object is traveling 30 feet per second what is its speed in miles per hour to the nearest whole number?

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Question 848694: If I run 60 yards dash in 7 seconds how many miles per hour am I running?
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Question 848692: going the speed of 5 km/hr how long will it take to go 16 km

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Question 848707: Herman dries 60 mph for one hour and 80 mph for the next hour. What is his average speed?
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Question 848712: how long will it take a bike rider travelling at 5m/sto travel one kilometer
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Question 848730: Justin can climb a coconut tree at the rate of 10 ft. per minute and return at 20 ft. per minute. If it took him 3 minutes to climb and return, what is the height of the coconut tree
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Question 848814: In still water, a boat averages 18 miles per hour. In a river, it takes the same amount of time to travel 33 miles downstream as it takes to travel 21 miles upstream. What is the rate of the rivers current?
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Question 848915: a girl travels at 12 km/h and the distance is 9 km, what is the time?
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Question 848924: If you're traveling at 600 miles per hour how many miles would you travel in one minute and please show me how to work this type of problem
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Question 848930: A car travels 5 miles north and 12 miles west. How far is the car from its starting point?

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Question 848907: 1. A taxi arrives every 15 minutes and a bus arrives every 12 minutes. When will they arrive at the same time? How do you get the answer?
2. The situation changes and the taxi arrives every 12 minutes and the bus every 18 minutes. When is the first time they arrive at the same time? How do you get to the answer?
Thanks
Carlo

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Question 848842: If I have to travel 380 kilometers at a speed of 140kmph how long will it take me to travel?
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Question 848850: Which is faster? Car A travelling at 10 miles per hour or Car B traveling at 15 feet per second.
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Question 387271: If bus A arrives every 27 minutes and bus B arrives every 15 minutes, and both buses arrive at a stop at 5:07am, what time will they arrive at the same time again?
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Question 848998: The distance d a car can travel is found
by multiplying its rate of speed r by the amount of
time t that it took to travel the distance. If a car has
already traveled 5 miles, the total distance d is found
by the formula d = rt + 5 . Solve the formula for r.

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