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Question 1112946: 2 ships leave the same port simultaneously. One ship sails 450 nautical miles on a bearing of 068 degrees, while the other ship sails 600 nautical miles on a bearing of 215 degrees. How far apart are the ships then, correct to the nearest nautical mile.
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Question 60: Afreight train and an express train leave towns 390km apart, traveling toward one another. The freight train travels 30km per hr slower than the express train. They pass another 3 hr. later. What are their speeds!
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Question 1113065: A �plane which is flying at 216 knots on a course of 310 degrees, passes over Dubbo at
3.40pm. How far west of Dubbo will it be at 4.15pm?
Give your answer to the nearest nautical
mile .(HINT: 1knot = 1 nautical mile /hour)
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Question 1113188: Laura walks 158 feet due east, then 96 feet due north and finally 286 feet due west. How far is Laura from her starting point?
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Question 1113370: For a car moving at a constant speed, the distance traveled varies directly with the time spent driving. If such a car travels
385 miles in 7
hours, how long does it take to travel
440 miles?

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Question 1113363: A boat takes 1 hour to travel 12 miles down river (with the current). Against the same current, it takes 1.25 hours to return up river. If x is the speed of the boat, and y is the speed of the current, find the speed of the boat and the speed of the river
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Question 1113371: According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, the force acting on an object varies directly with the object's acceleration. Suppose that a force of
63 N results in an acceleration of 9 m/s
. If the object's acceleration becomes 5 m/s
, what is the force?
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Question 1113386: An insurance representative traveled 1350 mi by commercial jet and then an additional 135 mi by helicopter. the rate of the jar was five times the rate of the helicopter. the entire trip took 4.5. find the rate of the jar.
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Question 1113387: one solar heating panel can rise the temperature of water 1 degree in 16 min. A second solar heating panel can raise the temperature 1 degree in 24 min. how long will it take to raise the temperature of water 1 degree if both panels are operating?
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Question 1113397: solve 1=1/12ml^2 for m
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Question 1113404: the stopping distance, s, of a car varies directly as the square of its speed, v. If a car traveling 60 mph requires 220ft to stop find the stopping distance for a car traveling 30 mph
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Question 1113403: A stock investment of 500 shares pays a dividend of $625. at this rate, how many additional shares are required to earn a dividend of 1200/
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Question 1113400: the stopping distance, s , of a car varies directly as the square of its speed, v. if a car traveling 60 mph requires 220ft to stop, find the stopping distance for a car traveling 30 mph
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Question 1113394: A stock investment of 500 shares pays a dividend of $625. At this rate, how many additional shares are required to earn a dividend of $1200/
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Question 1113396: find the missing number 2x/2x-3=?/8x^3-27
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Question 1113393: The stopping distance, s, of a car varies directly as the square of its speed, v. If a car traveling 60 mph requires 220ft to stop, find the stopping distance for a car traveling 30 mph.
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Question 1113420: a pilot intends to fly 175 miles from Chicago to Indianapolis. He begins 21 degrees off course and travels 70 miles before correcting his error. After correcting the error, how far does he have to travel to get to Indianapolis?
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Question 1113430: Devon ran twice as far as Jovan. Altogether they ran 18 km. How many kilometers did each of them run?
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Question 1113435: John has a board that is 44 cm long.
He cuts it into 2 pieces, a long one and a short one.
How long are each of the pieces?
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Question 1113476: a small plane can fly 600 miles with the wind in 3 hours. on the return, flying against the wind the same distance is traveled in 4 hours. find the speed of the plane in calm air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 1113472: a boat can travel 18 miles against the current in 2 hours. on the return trip, the same distance is traveled in 1.2 hours. find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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Question 1113506: A cattle train and a diesel train left Berlin at the same time. The trains traveled in opposite directions. The diesel train traveled 0 km/h slower than the cattle train (so same speed). After eight hours they were 1040 km apart. Find the cattle train's speed.
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Question 1113533: bert is 18 killometers away from Brenda. both begin to walk toward each other at the same time. bert walks at 4.5 killometers per hour. they meet in 3 hours. How fast was Brenda walking?
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Question 1113691: Alan is a faster runner than bill. Alan runs three yards every second and Bill runs 2.5 yards per second. Alan gives Bill a 35 yard head start in a race and reaches the finish line exactly 2 seconds before bill. How many yards did allan run?
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Question 1113700: write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line passing through the given points. show all work
(3, 9), (6, 3)
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Question 1113690: Alan is a faster runner than bill. Alan runs tree yards every second and Bill runs 2.5 yards per second. Alan gives Bill a 35 yard head start in a race and reaches the finish line exactly 2 seconds before bill. How many yards did allan run?

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Question 113629: Find the time required for an object to fall to the ground from a building that is 1400 ft high.
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Question 1113697: the fibonnact sequence can be used to model the number of pairs of rabbits in a rabbit population in the Nth month of an ideal breeding situation. how many pairs of rabbit are in the population after 6 mo? how long will iy be until 1000 rabbits exist?
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Question 1113855: If Mary travels on and airplane at a rate of 750 miles per hour how far will she travel if the are on the plane for 8 hours

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Question 205740: Hi all, thanks for all your help so far; ive almost gotten through my vectors stuff, but I need help with the following question:
A particle with mass m = 2.5 is moving along a straight trajectory. The distance covered by a particle is described by the function S(t) = t^3 + 2t^2 where t>0 is the time.
a) Kinetic Energy E of a particle is given by E = mv^2/2, where v is the particle speed. Find a function that describes the kinetic energy of this particle.
I know its a little long, I cant seem to make sense of it thouh, so any help will be awesome.
Thnaks, -Nick.
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Question 1113978: Any help on this question would be greatly appreciated. The assignment is due on April 9, 2018. If you can help before then, please do. Thank you so much!
A boat traveling upstream goes 70 kilometers in 7 hours. If the return trip takes only 5 hours, what is the speed (in kilometers per hour) of the boat in still water?
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Question 1113922: Jim and John drive from point A to point B in separate cars. Jim leaves at 6 am and arrives at 4 pm. John leaves at 10 am and arrives at 3 pm. Assume both men drive at constant speeds. Find when John catches up with Jim.
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Question 1114001: Evaluate the following on your calculator. Round your answers to two decimal places if
necessary.
a.
3
5 1024
b. 3 4 5 5 +
c. 1
6
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Question 1114002: Between Brisbane and Toowoomba workers are repairing a section of road 7.5
kilometres in length. The speed limit on this section of the road is usually 100 km/h. Due
to the roadwork, the speed has been reduced to 60 km/h. How many minutes will the
roadwork add to the journey?
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Question 1114000: A house plan shows a scale of 1:40. If the rectangular lounge room of the house is to
measure 4.2 metres by 6.2 metres, what will the area of the lounge room be on the plan in
square centimetres?
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Question 1113999: A vitamin manufacturing company has purchased 12 kg of ascorbic acid powder, which
it intends to use for vitamin C tablets. If each tablet is to contain 500 mg of ascorbic acid,
how many tablets should the manufacturer be able to produce from the original 12 kg?
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Question 1114056: Peter can drive 25 mph faster on the highway than he can on country roads. In the time it would take Peter to drive 70 mi on country roads, he could drive 120 mi on the highway. How fast can he drive on each type of road?
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Question 1113991: A snail begins to climb a wall. Every hour it manages to climb up 30cm but it gets tired and slides back down 10cm. How long will it take for the snail to climb up the wall if the wall is 2.98m high
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Question 1114080: shannon drove 507km in 6.5 hours what was her rate of speed per hour

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