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Question 463826: How many minutes does it take to go 35 miles at a constant speed of 15 miles per hour?

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Question 463898: This is a problem from my summer homework that should be really easy, but I'm completely blanking out on how to solve it!
"Christy drove at 50 miles per hour for h hours but arrived g hours late. How fast should Christy have driven to have arrived on time?"
I started some of my own work, but I really had no idea what I was doing, so it was rather pointless, but thanks to anyone who can help!
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Question 463944: whats the average speed was required for a car to go 287 km around the rase track for 1 hour and 15 mins
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Question 463948: Can someone PLEASE answer this question? It would be very helpful, Thanks(: The question is:
Victor had a 15 kilometer start on Michael. How long will it take Michael to catch Victor if Victor is traveling at 35 kilometers per hour and Michael is traveling at 95 kilometers per hour?
Thanks again!!
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Question 463958: if you are on a boat doing 4mph how many miles would you have done in 75 minutes
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Question 464021: The distance between 100 and me is 28. What numbers can i be
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Question 464054: a cattle train left miami going to new york 14 hours later a diesel train left traveling 45 km/h after traveling 4 hours the doesel train caught up how fast was the cattle train going
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Question 464138: a boat can maintain a constant speed of 50mil/hr relative to the water. the boat makes a trip up stream in 57min; the return trip takes 43min. what is the speed of the current?
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Question 464198: If carlos runs to the store which is 4 kilometers away in 30 minutes.
What will be his distance if he runs at that same speed for an hour?!
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Question 464203: Calculate the instantaneous speed of an apple that is at free fall and speeds at 10 m/s for 1.5 seconds.
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Question 464203: Calculate the instantaneous speed of an apple that is at free fall and speeds at 10 m/s for 1.5 seconds.
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Question 464201: Calculate the speed in m/s of a skater that accelerates from complete rest in 3 seconds , going down from a ramp with the acceleration of 5 m/s squared.
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Question 464239: At what speed do you need to travel to cover 700km in 1 minute?
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Question 463687: How many gallons of gas is needed to travel a 360 mile trip, going at a 60 mpr speed?
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Question 464312: what would my average speed have to be to travel 24 miles in ten minutes
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Question 464197: CALCULATE AVERAGE SPEED IN KM/H OF CARLOS! WHO RUNS TO THE STORE WHICH IS 4 KM AWAY IN 30 MINUTES?
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Question 464348: Anthony leaves Kingstown and drives 160 miles to Albany. He leaves at 2:00 p.m. At 2:15p.m., Emily leaves Albany and drives to Kingstown at 40 m.p.h. If Anthony is driving 45 m.p.h., at what time do they pass each other on the road?
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Question 10486: How long will it take to drive 325 miles at 55 mile per hour?
(Thanks for the help.)
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Question 464467: If you are going 4Km per a hour how much distance will you cover in five minutes,and please tell me how you found it.
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Question 464465: how fast must you drive to travel 65 miles in 30 minuntes
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Question 464472: Bill and Ben live 200km apart. They begin cycling towards each other at the same time, Bill traveling at 10km/h and Ben at 15km/h. Find the distance each will have travelled when they meet.
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Question 464453: please help me solve this problem . . thank you
The distance between two automobiles is 140 km. If the cars are driven toward each other, they will meet in 48 minutes. However, if they are driven in the same direction, they will meet in 4 hours. What is the rate at which each car is driven?
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Question 464492: Can I Ask More Than One??
5.The Length Of A Rectangle Is Twice The Width. The Perimeter Is 48 Inches.Find The Dimension Of The Rectangle.
6.At 10:00 A.M., A Car Leaves House At A Rate Of 60 Mi/h. At The Same Time,Another Car Leaves The Same House At A Rate Of 50 Mi/h In The Opposite Direction.At What Time Will The Cars Be 330 Miles Apart?
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Question 464651: The speed of sound and water is about 1500m/sec. If a receiver on a ship receives an echo from the bottom 3 seconds after it is transmitted then the depth of the ocen is ----- meters?
The way I tried to do it was by multiplying 1500 by 3 to get 4500 meters, but I am not sure about that answer and want to get another opinion. Thanks!
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Question 464889: Joe walked to the edge of the jungle in 3 hours. He ran back to camp in 1 hour. How far away was the edge of the jungle if Joe ran 8 miles per hour faster than he walked?
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Question 464876: how many hours and miniutes in a car is 742 miles
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Question 464953: a bus travels 300 miles on 12 gallons of gas. at this rate, how many gallons will it need to travel 650 miles?
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Question 464476: two cars A and B start from the same point at the same time and travel along straight roads that from 60 degrees with each other.After two hours, car A has traveled 120km and car B 100km. How far apart are these cars after two hours?
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Question 465001: how many km can a car travel in 2 hrs, if its speed is 40 km/h
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Question 465008: two cars start at the same point going opposite derections one travels 6mph faster than the other. in 4 houts they are 184 mile apart how fast were each going

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Question 464969: two planes which are 2475 miles apart fly towards each other. Their speeds differ by 75 mph. If they pass each other in 3 hours what is the speed of both?
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Question 465147: If the charge for a taxi ride is $2.25 for the first 1/2 mile and $0.75 for each additional 1/8 mile, how many miles did the taxi travel for a ride that cost $12.00?
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Question 465140: how many km can a car travel in 2 hours if its speed is 40km/h

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Question 465240: brad rides his bike 20km he covers the distance in 45min. what is his speed in kilometers per hour
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Question 465333: The range of a projectile is directly proportional to the square of its velocity. If a motorcyclist can make a jump of 237.2 feet by coming off a ramp at 79mph, find the distance the motorcylist could expect to jump if the speed coming off the ramp were increased to 84mph. Round to the nearist tenth of a foot.
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Question 465386: A car travels at a rate of 50 miles per hour. how long will it take the car to travel 300 miles?
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Question 465434: traveling an average speed of 62mph how many hours will you travel in 5 hrs
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Question 465517: an airplane travles 750 miles per 1.5 hr and due south 750 per 2 hr what is the average
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Question 465500: suppose that you walk at a constant of 6 feet per second. how long do you have to walk to cover a distance of 4 miles ?
round to the nearest tenth.
________minutes
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Question 465620: a cyclist can travel 29.6 miles in 2 hours. at this rate, how far can the same cyclist travel in 45 minutes?
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Question 465658: How long did it take Ramy to cover 5 miles, if he traveled at 29 mph?
Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
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Question 465661: What distance would mario travel if he drove 4 3/4 hours at 70 miles per hour?Assume that a steady speed was maintained.
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