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Question 1139771: the rate at which a certain balloon travels is inversely proportional to the amount of weight attached to it. if the balloon travels at 10 inches per second when there is a 2-gram weight must be attached to it, approximately how much weight must be attached to the balloon for it to travel 18 inches per second?
Round to the nearest tenth
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Question 1139783: Sonia rode her bike at an average speed of 12 mph. If it took her 40 minutes to reach her destination, how far away was it?

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Question 1139783: Sonia rode her bike at an average speed of 12 mph. If it took her 40 minutes to reach her destination, how far away was it?

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Question 1139841: John and Peter are traveling to a science conference. John travels 110 miles in the same time Peter travels 140 miles. Peter travels 15 miles per hour faster than John. Find the average rate of each person'
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Question 1139907: your drive 60 miles at 60 mph, then 60 miles at 30 mph. What was your average speed?

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Question 1139935: The distance between two cities is 96 km. If the train travelled 12 km more in an hour, it would take 40 minutes less to cover the distance. What is the trains actual speed?
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Question 1139978: Here is a distance word problem that I don't understand, here goes:

"A freight train leaves a station traveling at 48.3 kph. Two hours later, a passenger train leaves the same station in the same diretion at 64.4 kph. How far from the station does the passenger train oertake the freight train?"

Can someone tell me what the distance is? thanks in advance.
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Question 1140057: Daisy drives from Sheffield to London,a distance of 168 miles, in 4 hours.calculate her average speed.
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Question 1140094: How do I figure when two motorcycles will meet when they are 196 apart, one is going 65 mph one is going 75 mph I figured the time for both riders but how do I figure when they will meet?
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Question 1140123: The speedboat traveled at a speed that was twice as fast at the yacht. The speedboat traveled 240 miles in one hour less than it took the yacht to travel 150 miles. What were the speed and time for both the speedboat and the yacht?
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Question 1140130: A car can travel 540 miles in the same time that it takes a bus to travel 360 miles. If the rate of the bus is 20 miles per hour slower than the car, find the average rate for each.
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Question 1139968: Two buses are driving along parallel freeways that are 5𝑚𝑖 apart, one heading east and the other heading west. Assuming that each bus drives a constant 55𝑚𝑝ℎ, find the rate at which the distance between the buses is changing when they are 13𝑚𝑖 part, heading toward each other.
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Question 1140236: You travel the first 48 miles of a journey at an average of 36 mph and the second 48 miles at an average of v mph. What must be v if you want to average 45 mph over the 96 mile journey?

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Question 1140278: A boat takes 4 hours to go 12 miles upstream. It can go 32 miles downstream in the same time. Find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water. (Hint: Because the current pushes the boat when it is going downstream, the rate of the boat downstream is the sum of the rate of the boat and the rate of the current. The current slows down the boat when it is going upstream, so the rate of the boat upstream is the difference of the rate of the boat and the rate of the current.)
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Question 1140303: Mason flew his plane 550 miles in 3 Hours and 40 minutes he used 9 gallon per hour and fuel cost him 1.85$ he took 3 passengers with him
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Question 1140455: Construction workers resurface parts of the N1 Highway. They complete 2km per day.
a. Write down the formula to find how much road would be repaired after n days
b. How many kilometers are required after 30 days
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Question 1140476: Brain runs 10 miles in 75 mins. at this rate how many miles will he run in 69 mins?
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Question 1140492: two cyclists start at the same time from opposite ends of a court that is 51 miles long. one cyclistis riding at a rate of 16 mph and the second cyclist is riding at a rate of 18 mph. how long after they begin will they meet
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Question 1140522: Hi can you please help me with this problem. A ship leaves a port and travels with a bearing of 55 degrees for 100 km. It then travels 500 km on a course of 120 degrees. How far is the ship from the port? In order to return to the port, what is the bearing the ship must take?
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Question 1140523: Hi can you help me with this problem. Two observers see the same helicopter. Ashley sights the helicopter at a bearing of 44 degrees. The bearing from Ashley to Brent is 77 degrees. They are 21 miles from each other. If Ashley is 15 miles from the helicopter, find the distance between the helicopter and Brent?
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Question 1140539: A jeep went up a mountain trail at a speed of 25 mph, and came back down the mountain trail at a speed of 75 mph. What was the average speed for the round trip
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Question 1140673: Two persons travel by car to separate cities in the same amount of time. The first person travels 310 km sat an average speed that is three kms per hour faster than the second person. The second person travels 215 kms. What is the average speed of the slower car?

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Question 1140768: on a trip of 600km, zoe drove part of the way at 80km/h and the remainder at 90km/h. if the total trip took 7 hours, how far did she drive at each rate

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Question 1140833: A train starts off from standhill and after 20 minutes is going 20 miles/hr what is the trains acceleration rate?

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Question 1141098: Two friends, Robbie and Megulo, live 2200 miles apart. They want to meet each other
and decided to both travel so that they can see each other sooner. If they both drive
directly towards each other and Robbie travels at 50 mph and Megulo travels at 60
mph, how much time will pass before they meet?
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Question 1141101: Ashima takes a trip to visit her grandmother. Starting from home, her parents drive
her to the train station at 40 mph. Ashima then takes the train, traveling 60 mph. The
distance from her home to when she gets off the train is 150 miles. If the total trip
took 3 hours, how long did she spend on the train?
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Question 1141138: Jane left the school and started to bike along the road at a rate of 12 mph. Her friend Sally left the school 10 minutes after Jane, biking on the same road at a rate of 15 mph. How long will it take Sally to catch up with Jane?

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Question 1141203: Two cars simultaneously left Points A and B and headed towards each other, and met after 2 hours and 45 minutes. The distance between points A and B is 264 miles. What is the speeds of the cars, if one of the cars travels 14 mph faster than the other?

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Question 1141269: A bus and a car move towards each other. The speed of the bus is 50 km per hour, and the speed of the car is 70 km per hour. How much closer to each other are they becoming every hour?
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Question 1141309: If I walk 60 kilometers in 1hour. How many kilometers will I walk in 4½ hours?
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Question 1141306: Jack and Jill start walking up a hill together. Jack reaches the top 90 minutes before Jill. On the way down, Jill calculated that, if she had walked 50% faster and Jack had walked 50% slower, then they would have arrived at the top together. How long did it take Jill to reach the top of the hill?
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Question 1141313: Two bags each contain three number tiles, a 1, a 2, and a 3. If you pull one tile from each bag and add the two numbers together, what are the odds of getting a sum of 3?
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Question 1141347: Austin who is a good cyclist and on last Sunday, he rode 8km due west and then 10km due north. How far was he from his starting point?
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Question 1141378: A commercial airliner can travel 750 miles in the same amount of time that it takes a private plane to travel 300 miles. The speed of the airliner is 60 mph more than twice the speed of the private plane. Find the speed of each aircraft.

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Question 1141417: how far can I drive at 75mph for 12hours
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