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Question 530730: Teresa is on her way home in her car. She has driven 12 miles so far, which is three-fourths of the way home. What is the total length of her drive?
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Question 530729: Teresa is on her way home in her car. She has driven miles so far, which is three-fourths of the way home. What is the total length of her drive?
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Question 530740: Going 80mph how long will it take to travel 30 miles?
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Question 530738: It takes Maria twice as long to complete a certain type of research project as it takes Jude to do the same project. They both worked on a similar type of project and they finished in 1 hour. How long would each of them take to finish this project working alone?
I tried to set it up many ways, like 2x+1x=60 mins but that did not work, then I tried 2/3 + 1/3= 60 but that still came out wrong. I know the correct answer is: Maria 1.5 hours, Jude 3 hours, but I have no idea how to get the equation. Could you please help?
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Question 530826: sue and manuel collect model trains, sue has one more train than manuel has, together they have 13 trains, how many trains do each of them have?
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Question 530946: what is my speed if I travel 18 miles in 50 minutes
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Question 530944: A car travels at a speed of 44ft per second.what is this speed in miles per hour.
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Question 530944: A car travels at a speed of 44ft per second.what is this speed in miles per hour.
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Question 530936: My math question is:
Steve and Jordan are riding bikes. Jordan is riding at 7 mph and Steve is riding at 6 mph. If Jordan is 5 miles behind Steve, how long will it take for Jordan to catch up to Steve?

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Question 531012: A bus seats 51 people and a van seats 8 people. If there are 150 people going on a trip in a total of 8 vehicles, how many buses and vans are taken on the trip? (Solve problem algebraically ahwing the work)
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Question 531023: A Senior class is planning a trip to Chicago. a Bus seats 51 people a bus seats 8 people. If there are 150 students going on the trip in a total of 8 vehicles, how many buses and vans are taken on the trip?
I have already found the answer: 2 buses, and 6 vans; but this must be solved algebraically, showing all of my work. How do i do that? (set it up algebraically?) Thank you
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Question 530762: A boat travels 15 miles upstream and returns. If the boat travels 14 mph in still water, find the speed of the currrent if the total trip takes 2 hours and 20 minutes.
I really only want to understand how to set the problem up, I have no problem with the algebra part :). Thank you so much to whoever helps me.
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Question 531187: i cannot figure out how to go about this problem
A jogger runs for 2.5 min(150 sec) at a constant speed of 5 m/s and then becomes tired, walks 50 m at a constant speed of 1.5 m/s. Then she runs another 250 m at a constant speed of 3.5 m/s. What is the joggers average speed over the whole motion.
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Question 531299: Ryan drives for 2 hours at 60 km/h.
Joseph rides his bike for 4 hours at 30 km/h.
What is the ratio of the distance traveled by Ryan to the distance traveled by Joseph?
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Question 531385: A crow flies 10.5 miles against the wind then returns with the wind. the first flight takes 35 minuets and the return flight takes 15 minuets. how many miles per minuet does the crow fly? how fast in the wind flowing?
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Question 531453: after driving 136 km, 4/7 of a trip is comleted
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Question 531544: if you drive 40 miles per hour then how long does it take to drive 60 miles
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Question 531572: If someone traveled 60 miles on foot, how long was the journey in hrs traveled?
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Question 531578: a rate equivalent to 720 mi a hr

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Question 531589: How many feet would I travel if I am launched from a hood of a truck at 60 mph
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Question 531608: One car travels 45 mph and other one travels 52 mph. If they start from the same place at the same time, traveling in the same direction, after how many hours will the faster car be 42 miles ahead of the slower one?
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Question 531628: how long will it take to wlk 286 miles at 3 miles an hour
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Question 531650: i need help with the formula to do these questions
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Question 531720: if you travel 52 miles in 2.5 hours whats your average speed?
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Question 531720: if you travel 52 miles in 2.5 hours whats your average speed?
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Question 531672: If a runner travels 2.5 miles in 15 minutes, how fast is he traveling in mph? ( Do not forget to convert minutes to hours in your calculation.)
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Question 531712: What is the average speed of 138 miles in 3 hours 4 minutes
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Question 531807: i am driving 75 mph and have 86 miles to go how long will it take me?
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Question 531852: a car driven on a rough road on 25 kilometers per hour and on a concrete road on 70 kilometers per hour.it takes the car 5.5 hours to drive on 225 kilometers.how long does it take the car to drive on a concrete road?
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Question 531929: If my steps are 2 feet a part how many steps would I take to make a mile?
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Question 532033: At what speed does a man walk if he cover 12kilometres in 3hrs?
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Question 532122: Tom bikes 15 km/hr faster than Bill. By the time it takes Tom to ride 80 km, Bill has ridden 50 km. Find the speed of each biker.
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Question 532145: a runner can run 4 miles in 30 minutes what is there speed in mph?
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Question 532145: a runner can run 4 miles in 30 minutes what is there speed in mph?
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Question 532176: If the wind is blowing at 25 mph and a plane flies at r mph in still air, write an alebraic expression that represents the rate the plane is traveling when it flies against the wind.
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Question 532209: The formula is d=rt, where d is the distance traveled at a rate of r for time t, The question is how long it will take an airplane to travel 2000 miles if it flies 200 miles per hours, 400 miles per hour, and 600 miles per hour?
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Question 532217: a bus trevels at a distance of 90 km in 2h and another 30 km in 1h. what is the average speed of the bus?

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Question 532217: a bus trevels at a distance of 90 km in 2h and another 30 km in 1h. what is the average speed of the bus?

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Question 532224: Julio left the hospital and drove toward the recycling plant at an average speed of 55 mph. Jasmine left four hours later and drove the opposite direction with an average speed of 65 mph. How long does Jasmine need to drive before they are 340 mi. apart?
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Question 532228: A cargo plane left Los Angeles and flew east at an average speed of 320 km/h. Some time later a passenger plane left flying in the opposite direction with an average speed of 155 km/h. After the cargo plane had flown for 11 hours the planes were 4605 km apart. Find the number of hours the passenger plane flew.
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Question 532320: A cyclist and a jogger start from a town at the same time and head for a destination 19 mi away. The rate of the cyclist is twice the rate of the jogger. The cyclist arrives 1.9 h before the jogger. Find the rate of the cyclist.
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Question 532390: Ellen and Kate raced on their bicycles to the library after school. They both left school at 3:oo p.m. and bicycled along the same path. Ellen rode at a speed of 12 miles per hour and kate rode at 9 miles per hour. Ellen got to the library 15 minutes before kate. How long did it take Ellen to get to the library? At what time did Ellen get to the library?
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Question 532376: Water traveling 15 miles an hour with a boat in it going 15 miles an hour by it's own motor power both traveling the same direction. How fast is the boat going relative to the shore?
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