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Question 456621: if a train leaves at 5 am at traveling at 100 miles an hour At what time will the train have traveled 375 miles
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Question 456669: Train A & B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling 40mph & train B is traveling 50mph, train A passes a station at 1:20 am. If train B passes throught the same ststion at 1:32 am, at what time will train B catch up to train A?
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Question 456683: Please answer my question.
Ruth was hauling a wide load out of Portland. At 7:00a.m. she headed north from exit 102 at an average speed of 35mph. Michael headed north from the same exit at 9:00a.m. in his Pontiac. By 3:00p.m. the same day Michael was 20 miles ahead of Ruth. What was Michael's average speed?
Thank you for your help.
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Question 456826: At noon a private plane left Austin for Los Angeles, 2100 km away, flying at 500 km/hr. One hour later, a jet left Los Angeles for Austin at 700 km/hr. What time did they pass each other?
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Question 458979: if a plane can travel 500 mkiles per hour with the wind and 400 miles per hour against the wind, find the speed of the plane in still air

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Question 458988: The Danville Express travels 280 mi. at a certain speed. If the speed had been increased by 5 mph, the trip could have been made in 1 hour less time. Find the actual speed. I cannot figure the formula to use to figure this problem. Can you please help me?
Michele
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Question 459443: On Monday, Jim walked to school at a rate of 8 km/hr. On Tuesday, Jim jogged to school at a rate of 12 km/hr. If it took Jim a half an hour longer to walk to school, how far is the school from his house?

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Question 445748: Steve traveled 200 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 10 mph faster, the trip would have been 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle.
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Question 445774: A motorboat takes two thirds as much time to travel ten miles downstream as it does to travel the same distance upstream. If the rate of the current is 5 mph, find the speed of the motorboat in still water.
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Question 459467: A praticular hybrid car travels apporimtly 270 mi on 5 gal of gas. Find the amount of gas required for an 810 mile trip.
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Question 459501: A man runs one hour and a half at 8 miles an hour. Then he continues on bus traveling at 55 miles an hour for 24 minutes. How far did he travel?
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Question 447474: as partof an exercise plan camille walked for 40 min then ran for 20 min. if camille runs 3 mph faster than she walks and covered 5 mi during the 1 hour execercise period, what is her walking speed?
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Question 446002: Lou leaves a rest stop on bicycle traveling 20 miles per hour. his friends leave the same rest stop 15 mins later. how fast will his friends have to drive to reach lou in thirty miles?
I have already made a chart with distance, rate, and time. I filled it out with 30 miles under distance, 20 miles per hour under rate and x on time. I don't know what to do after completing a table that will help me solve.
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Question 459486: Two cyclists start 10 miles apart from each other. One rider travels at 12mph. The other rides at 8mph. A bee starts on the shoulder of the first and flies to the shoulder of the 2nd and continues to fly back and forth nonstop until the 2 cyclists meet. If the bee flies at 15mph, how far does the bee fly?
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Question 459459: drive 60 mph arrive at work 2 minutes early. Drive 50 mph arrive work 4 minutes late. how far is the drive to work?
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Question 449375: A boat travels 45 mi upstream (against the current) in 5 hours
The boat travels same sistance downstream in 3 hours. what is the rate of boat in still water? What is the rate of the current?
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Question 459457: An airplane can fly 625 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as it can fly 475 miles against the wind. If the wind speed is 25 mph, find the speed of the plane in still air.
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Question 449546: Kari�s boat can move at a speed of 20 mph in still water. The boat travels 108 mi downstream in a river in the same time it takes to go 72 mi upstream. What is the speed of the river? Write your answer in the form # mph.

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Question 459570: A ball is thrown vertically upward from the top of a building 128 feet tall with an initial velocity of 112 feet per second. The distance s (in feet) of the ball from the ground after t seconds is s=128+112t-16t^2
a) After how many seconds does the ball strike the ground?
b) After how many seconds will the ball pass the top of the building on its way down?
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Question 459622: A car passes a landmark on a highway traveling at a constant rate of kilometers per hour. Half an hour later, a second car passes the same landmark traveling in the same direction at kilometers per hour. How much time after the second car passes the landmark will it overtake the first car?
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Question 459630: you and your friend decide to have a race. your friend will ridw a bike for 15 seconds while you walk for the same 15 seconds. who will travel the longer distance?
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Question 459738: How many hours is 568.7miles. if the car is traveling 50mph
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Question 459738: How many hours is 568.7miles. if the car is traveling 50mph
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Question 459737: Students are traveling in two cars to a football game 135 miles away. The first car leaves on time and travels at an average speed of 45 miles per hour. The second car starts 1/2 hour later and travels at an average speed of 55 mile per hour. How long will it take the second car to catch up to the first car before the first car arrives at the game?
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Question 459165: The length of the rails used by a railroad is 30 feet. In years past, before railroads welded rails together, an audiable click could be heard each time the wheels of a railroad car passed over a point where rails were joined together. Old mr.neyland said that he could tell how fast a train was going by counting clicks as he looked at his pocketwatch. Approximately how long did Mr.Neyland have to count clicks for the number of clicks to equal the train's speed in miles per hour?
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Question 459789: A truck driver traveled at an average speed of 55 mph to pick up a load of freight. He returned on the exact same route, but only averaged a speed of 45 mph with a full load. If the trip took 13 hours and 20 minutes, what was the one way distance of his route?
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Question 459803: THe speed of a passenger train is 20 mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 330 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 230 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 444770: carlos can travel 40 miles on his motorbike in the same time that it takes paul to travel 15 miles on his bicycle. If paul rides his bike 20mph slower then carlos rides his motorbike, find the speed for each bike.
A passenger train travels 392 miles in the same time that it takes a freight train to travel 322 miles. If the passenger train travels 20 mph faster then the freight train, find the speed of each train
Shelley can paint a fence in 8 hours. Karen can do it in 4 hours. How long will it take them to do the job if they work together?
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Question 444837: A plane traveling at 450 mph can go 1000 miles with the wind in 1/2 hour less than than against the wind - find wind speed?
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Question 444463: a plane is traveling 225mph how long would it take to go 300 mikles?
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Question 459860: a long distance trucker traveled 96 miles in one direction during a snow storm. the return trip in rainy weather was accomplished at double the speed and took 3 hours less thin. find the speed going.
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Question 459885: Kara purchased train tickets for 3 adults and 4 children. The total cost for 3 adults and 4 children
was $136. Brian purchased 2 adult tickets and 3 children tickets for $97. Find the price of an
adult�s ticket.
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Question 459884: If a boy on a motorbike travels to school at 20km/hr reaches the school 13mins earlier than his sister who is on a bicycle going at 12km/hr, how far away is the school?
This information was given to me by my kid and he says that this was all the information given. I am unsure whether there is more info or not. If you cannot solve it due to lack of information can you please send me an email saying there is not enough info. This question has really been bugging me for some days now.

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Question 459898: is it possible to travel a great distance without any displacement? prove the answer.
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Question 459897: a runner runs around a circular track with a circumference of 100 meters, what is the distance covered and the displacement made by the runner?
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Question 459928: If you travel 15 mi east and then 10 mi north, how far are you from your starting point? My answer was 18.02776 which was correct, but what would the points be if I used the formula sqrt(x2-x1)^2+(Y2-Y1)^2 ?
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Question 459887: A train covers a distance in 50 mins,if it runs at at the speed of 36km/hour on the avarage.The speed at which the trin must run into reduce the time of journey to 30 mins,will be?

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Question 459983: two friends leave 4.4 mi apart along the same road. if they walk toward eachother at rates that differ by 1/2 mph and meet 48 min later, how fast is each person walking?
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Question 459988: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 18 miles per hour faster than the westbound train. If the two trains are 760 miles apart after 4 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?
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Question 460059: If I am driving 50 miles per hour how long would it take to get 74 miles?
If I am driving 50 miles per hour how long would it take to get 44 miles?
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Question 460119: It takes Kenny 3 hours to pedal a tamdem bicycle from one end of town to the other. If Dolly pedals with him, they can make the trip in 2 hours. How long would it take Dolly to travel from one end of town to the other alone?

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