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Question 520622: PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!
Two cars are each 100 miles away from the town of Tucumcari, one directly to the north and the other directly to the east. The car to the north is heading toward the town at 60 miles per hour, while the one to the east is heading toward the town at 30 miles per hour. How fast are the cars approaching each other?
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Question 520806: Two planes leave the airport at the same time. One flies directly east at 540 miles per hour. The other flies west at 720 miles per hour. How long will it take them to be 1890 miles apart?
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Question 520854: Mr. Anders and Mr. Rich each drove home from a business meeting. Mr. Anders traveled east at 100 kilometer per hour and Ms. Rich traveled west at 80 kilometers per hours. In how many hours were they 100 kilometers apart.
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Question 520875: ramon and liza found two snails that were trudging along together in the driveway. Having nothing to do, Liza and Ramon decided to figure out how fast they were moving. They determined that one was craling at a page of 15 mm/min and the other one at 10 mm/min. At these rates, how long will it take for the snails to be 10 centimeters apart?
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Question 520921: A boat travels 384 miles in 24 hours. What is the average distance the boat travels in 1 hour?

I am helping my brother with his homework, I forgot how to do this!
Thankss
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Question 520641: A boy cycles from his house to a friend's house at 20km per hour and home again at 25km per hour. If his round trip takes 9/10 of an hour, how far is it to his friend's house?
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Question 521104: what is the average speed if you hike 52 miles in 3 days
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Question 521104: what is the average speed if you hike 52 miles in 3 days
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Question 521106: A jet travels at 435 m/s
How long to travel 9.07 km?
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Question 521130: Two friends live 30 miles apart. One day, they decide to run to each other's house. Michael leaves his house running at a rate of 4.5 miles per hour. At the same time Jon runs at a rate of 5.5 miles per hour. How long does it take for the two to meet.

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Question 520686: Two train starts from two opposite directions towards each other.the velocity of the first train is 100km/h and the velocity of the second train is 50 km /h.Both the train starts at the same time, initially the time is 0 sec. a pigon which is sitting on the first train starts at the same time towards the other trainas soon as it reaches the second train,it flies back to the first train and so on and its velocity is 200km /h .it conyinues to do so ,flying backwards and towards from one train to the other untill the trais meet.how many km will the pigon have flown before the trains meet and it will move how many itteration?
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Question 521140: A plane with an airspeed of 200 mi per hr flies in the direction of a wind with a speed of 50 mi per hour. What is the ground speed of the plane if it flies with the wind and if it flies against the wind? I'm not sure what exactly the difference is between airspeed and ground speed. Could someone give me some direction in how to solve this?
Thanks,
Jim

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Question 521213: a car travels 60 mph for 3 hours. how far did the car go? i was just wondering if all you do to solve the question was to multiply 60*3 to get 180
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Question 521282: If you traveling at 80mph how long would it take you to go 50 miles
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Question 521328: two trains left Mooseport at the same time. one traveled north at 83 mph . the other traveled south at 67 mph . after how many hours were two trains 600 miles apart

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Question 521393: How far would a car going at 65km/h travel in 6 hours ?
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Question 521399: If a car travels at 150km in 1.5 hours what is the average speed?
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Question 521407: A train travels 250 km at the speed of 60 km/hr and arrives ten minutes late later than schedule. At what speed (in km/hr) should it travel to arrive exactly on time ?
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Question 521406: Tahir travels from A to B at a speed of 40 mph, and returns along the same route a speed of 80 mph. what is his average speed for the round trip (in mph)?
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Question 521501: A cyclist leaves Toronto at 10am riding West. At noon, a car starts along the same road, driving 3 times as fast as the bike. When will the car catch up with the bike?
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Question 521549: Marcella leaves home at 9:00 am and drives to school,arriving at 9:45 am. If the distance between home and school is 27 mi,what is marcella's average rate of speed?
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Question 521556: Palmer's average running speed is 3 km/h faster than his walking speed. If Palmer can run around a 30-kilometer course in 2 h,how many hours would it take for Palmer to walk the same course.
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Question 521595: Two trains made the same 350-mile run. Since one train traveled 15 mph faster than the other, it arrived 3 hours earlier. Find the speed of each train.
This is how I set it up, but I'm lost after that
350/x +3= 350/x-15
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Question 521730: A truck traveling at 60 mph how long will the driver have to driveif he travels 45 miles.
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Question 521731: amy drove 200 miles at an average speed 10 miles per hour faster than her usual speed. if she completed the trip in 1 hour less time than usual, what is her usual driving speed in miles per hour?
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Question 521792: if 40 laps is 2. kilometers then how much is 1 lap

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Question 521861: An elf steals a sleeping dragon's gold treasure and runs off at 16 mph. 3 hours after the theft, the dragon wakes up and sets off after the elf at 20 mph. How long will it take the dragon to capture his lunch?
Dragon dines on firey roasted elf in ________ hours.
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Question 521688: Two trains are 5000 feet apart, heading toward each other, but on separate parallel straight tracks, Train A is traveling at 45 miles per hour and Train B is traveling at 24 miles per hour.
Change 45 miles per hour and 24 miles per hour into feet per second.

About how far will each train travel before they meet? Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.

In how many seconds will the trains meet?

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Question 521822: a train travels on a section at a speed of 48 mph. to the nearest tenth what is the trains speed in feet per min

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Question 521989: Ellen and Kate leave for the library at 3:00pm along the same path. Ellen rides at 12 miles per hour, Kate at 9 miles per hour. Ellen got to library 15 mins before Kate. What time did Ellen get to the library?
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Question 522048: If a plane is flying at 320km/h, how long would it take to travel 100km?

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Question 522080: what is the answer of 48 minutes before 2115?
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Question 522085: D = L (m/r + u2/25) make u the subject of formular
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Question 522125: If you bike 3 miles and then bike 1,000 yards back toward your starting point, how many yards are you from your starting point?
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Question 522082: A motorist travels for 3 km/h and after 90 km at y km/h - it takes 2 1/2 h for the journey. If the speed are interchange the journey takes 2 1/6 hrs. Find the value of x and y
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Question 522140: I am having problems setting this up. Please help me.
An airplane travels at a specific air speed between two cities. On a certain day the airplane takes two hours to make the trip with the help of a 10 mph tailwind. Returning home later in the day, the trip takes five hours with a 30 mph headwind. Find the speed of the plane in still air.
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Question 522123: Two cyclist are traveling the same distance at the speeds of 10 km/hr and 15 km/hr If one cyclist takes 40 minutes more to cover the distance, the what distance (in Km) are they traveling ?
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Question 522211: a dog pen measures 7 1/4 yards by 6 2/5 yards. what is the area of the pen
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Question 522215: A car travels at an average speed of 48 miles per hour. How long does it take to travel 180 miles?
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Question 522242: A car drives at an average speed of 80 km/h. How long will it take for the car to travel 120 km?
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Question 522201: If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours and Jim can paint the same house in 6 hours, then how long will it take for both of them to paint that house together?
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Question 522219: Hi, this has me stumped:
Two drivers 240 miles apart start toward each other at 2pm. The faster one averages 50 mph and the slower one averages 35mph. The faster one stops for 2 hours along the way before they pass each other.
Write the equation to determine how long it will take them before they pass each other.
I cant sort out how to express the 2 hours of not traveling... this is what I have so far: 240-35t= 50*(4.8-2.0)
Above, I'm not sure if I should be subtracting 2 or adding 2 or if that equation is even right :/
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Question 522283: Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
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Question 522320: two cars (car 1 and car 2) are driving down the highway. Car 1 is moving at 60 miles per hour. Car 2 is driving at 70 miles per hour . Car 1 is starting 40 miles ahead of car 2 .How long will it take car 2 to catch up to car 1.

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