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Question 466426: how many seconds will a car travel 50km going at 10km/h
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Question 466429: in how many seconds will a car travel 50km going at 10km/h?
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Question 466446: A jet flew at an average speed of 640mph from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Because of head winds the jet averaged only 512 mph on the return trip, and
the trip took 48 minutes longer.
A. How many hours was the flight from Chicago to Los Angeles?
B. How far is it from Chicago to Los Angeles?
I really need help with this problem. I am really confused and have no idea
how to figure this problem out. Can you please help me?
Thank you kindly.
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Question 466586: Hello,
I have a question I need help with. Your time is appreciated.
Two cars are 400 miles apart. Both start at the same time and travel toward one another. They meet 4 hours later. If the speed of one car is 20 miles per hour faster than the other, what is the speed of each car?
Thank you
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Question 466602: how much money/gas would it take to go 40 miles going 50 mph? is there an equation for this?
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Question 466565: Hello,
I have a question I need help with. Your time is appreciated.
From a point on a straight road, two cars are driven in opposite directions, one at 47 mph and the other at 51mph. In houw many hours will they be 392 miles apart?
Thank you
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Question 465785: 5. For this question, you will need a parent/guardian or a friend. Have this individual grab a handful of coins making sure there are only two types of coins in the group (i.e., nickels and dimes, quarters and pennies, pennies and dimes, etc). Your parent/guardian or friend should tell you the type of coins they�ve chosen, how many coins they have and the dollar amount of the group. From this information, you will set up two sets of equations and determine how many of each coin they have in their hand. Please send your instructor the name of the individual who helped you with this question, your two equations and the work you did to solve the system. (2 points)
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Question 466697: I live in perris ca which is 30min from my job, how many miles am I driving one way to be exact.
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Question 466774: If im going 200.00 miles per hour, how many miles will I travel in 1 minute?i
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Question 466774: If im going 200.00 miles per hour, how many miles will I travel in 1 minute?i
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Question 466759: A relay race required runners to run from Point A to Point B and then back to point A. the distance from A to B = 22km.
On the return trip (Point B to Point A) the runners average speed decreased by (1.2km/hr).
If the relay took 10.5 hours to complete, what was the average speed from Point A to Point B.
Thank You
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Question 466801: A car covers 2924 km in 43 hours. What is its speed ?
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Question 466823: A car covers 2924 km in 43 hours. What is its speed
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Question 466859: 2924 km in 43 hrs = how many miles per hr
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Question 466871: How fast does it take for the fastest motor bike to get 100 MPH
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Question 466913: The speed of sound is approximately 760 mph in air. If a gun is fired 5/8 mile away, how long will it take the sound to reach you?

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Question 466915: Two trains, A and B simultaneously depart from two cities separated by 3000 miles. The trains speed towards each other. After exactly 10 hours the two trains meet, and train A has travelled 40% of the distance to the other city. What is the average speed of train B?
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Question 466939: A car covers 2924 km in 43 mins. What is the speed
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Question 466938: Car A and car B leave Halifax on the same road 1 hr apart. Car A leaves first and travels at a steady 80 km/h. How fast must car B travel to overtake car A in 4 hours?
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Question 466974: two driverless trains race toward each other on the same track; one is traveling at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour and the other at 70 miles per hour. a fly starts at the front of one train and flies toward the second train. when he reaches it, he turns around and flies back to the first train, when he turns around, and so on. the fly maintains a constant speed of 110 miles per hour, losing no time in changing direction. if the trains are now 65 miles apart, how far will the fly fly before he is crushed when the trains collide?
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Question 466958: A car travels for 2 hours at 50 mph. How far will the car have gone?
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Question 467014: WHAT IS 1HR PRESENT, 48 HRS TO BE AWAY AN RETURNS IN 4320 HRS.?

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Question 467025: A sled dog race extends for 1049 mi from Anchorage to Nome. If a musher is twice as far from Anchorage as from Nome, how many miles has the musher traveled?
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Question 467017: Hello,
I have a word problem on travel and distance.
Two cars are 400 miles apart. Both start at the same time and travel toward one another. They meet 4 hours later. If the speed of one car is 20 miles per hour faster than the other, what is the speed of each car?
Thank you
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 467105: A jet flying with the wind went 2100 miles in 4 hours. Flying against the wind, the jet could only fly 1760 miles in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the jet in calm air.

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Question 467101: What is the average speed in km/h for a car that travels 50.0km in 40.0 min?
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Question 467144: a car travels at an avarage speed of 60 kilometers per hour. how many hows will it take to travel 180 kilometers?
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Question 467030: A canoeist rows downstream in 1.5 hours and back upstream in 3 hours. What is the rate of the canoe if the distance rowed is 12 miles in each direction?

One-fifth of a hive of bees flew to the Kadamba flower; one-third flew to the Silandhara; three times the difference of these two numbers flew to an arbor, and one bee continued flying about, attracted on each side by the fragrant Keteki and the Malati. Find the number of bees.
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Question 467212: a thief is running at a speed of 8km/hr,a policeman whose speed is 10km/hr is chaseing.the thief is 100m away from the police man.how much time is required for the police to catch the thief?
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Question 467290: At 20 miles per hour how long would it take to drive 1 mile?
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Question 467154: An Airplane travels in 5hrs. with a speed of 50km/hr. How far does it travel?

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Question 467411: if your destination is 180 miles away and you drive 60 mph how long does the trip take?

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Question 467408: aaron and jessica walk to the dock at 2 miles per hour,jumped into the boat, and motored to denver at 46 miles per hour. If the toatal distance was 21 miles and the trip took 5 hours in all, how far did they go by boat?
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Question 467509: a moving sidewalk at an airport glides at a rate of 1.2 feet per second. Walking on the moving sidewalk, you travel 120 feet forward in the same time it takes to travel 24 feet in the opposite direction. What is your walking speed on the nonmoving sidewalk?
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Question 467539: two cyclists, 90 miles apart, start riding toward each other at the same time. one cycles twice as fast as the other. If they meet 2 hour later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling?
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Question 467618: Two cars are 210 miles apart. they leave at the same time, traveling toward each other, and meet in 3 hours. If the rate of one car is 10 miles per hour more than the other, what is the rate of the slower car?
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Question 467496: Traveling via car a total distance of 1698 miles to Tx. In order to reach our location in Tx within a time of 24 hours, what speed will we have to average? What speed will we have to travel in order to achieve the requested average?
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Question 467560: Hello, I have a question I would like your help with. A person is running one mile. They alternate 3 minutes of walking at 16.40 minutes per mile and jogging for 1 minute at 13.50 minutes per mile. What is the average speed they complete the mile in? I greatly appreciate your help with this. Thank you!
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Question 467650: Hi, I have attempted the problem but really have only done some unit conversions. I can't get past my confusion on how to handle the two different times in two different time zones the trains depart. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am assume after the time issue is resolved the formula D=rt can be used.
Two trains are on the same track between San Francisco and New York. One train leaves San Francisco, heading east, at 8AM PDT on a Tuesday, and goes 45[kph] for 2 hours, and then speeds up to 95[kph]. Another train leaves New York, heading west, at 9AM CST on the same Tuesday, going 35[mph] for 100 miles, and then speeds up to 80[mph]. The train going west uses a steam locomotive, and the train going east uses a diesel. Assume that there are 2905 miles between San Francisco and New York, going through Des Moines and Salt Lake City.
When will the trains meet?

Thanks.
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Question 467767: a boat can travel 51 mph in still water. if it travels 480 miles with the current in the same length of time it travels 336 miles against the current, what is the speed of the current?
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Question 467882: Two cars leave from the same point, headed in opposite directions. Car A is traveling 50 mph and
Car B is traveling at 60 mph. In how many hours will the two cars be 440 miles apart?

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