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Question 549486: How Long would it take to drive a car to the moon at the rate of 65 mph?
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Question 549415: two cars start at the same moment from opposite stations 7 miles apart. they drive toward each other on the same road at constant speeds, one at 25mph and the other at 45mph. after how many minutes will they pass each other on the road
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Question 549526: A plane is moving nonstop from New York to San Francisco (a distance of 700 miles from New York), after one and half hours, it flies over Chicago(a distance of 800 miles from New York).Estimate the time it will move from New York to San Francisco.
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Question 549520: Does a race car driving around a track at 240 km/h have a constant velocity?
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Question 549489: If an object is dropped, the distance d in feet it falls in t seconds is given by the formula d=16t^2. How long will it take for an object to fall 300 feet?
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Question 549566: a man traveling an hour by car and another hour by plane covered a total distance of 850km. if the average speed of the plane taken by the man was 16 times that of the car. what was the distance covered by the car??????
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Question 549573: if i traveled around the equator at 60 mph and 200 miles above the equator. How long would it take?

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Question 549644: A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 seconds. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?
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Question 549707: A boat traveled 72 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 3 hours. The trip back took 12 hours. Find the speed of a boat in still water and the speed of a current.

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Question 549679: how long will it take a horse to ride 90 miles south of tuson arizona
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Question 549720: I drive 4 miles in 7 minutes @45m/hr,how many ft/s am I driving?
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Question 549719: two friends leave a hotel at the same time traveling in opposite direction. They travel for four hours and are then 480 miles apart. If Lily travels 10 miles per our faster than Noe, find the average rate of speed for each person.
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Question 549826: How far would a car travel in 6.0 s if it started from rest, and accelerated at 2.0m/s2?
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Question 549826: How far would a car travel in 6.0 s if it started from rest, and accelerated at 2.0m/s2?
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Question 549829: the distance a car travels at a constant speed varies directy with time. suppose the car travels at 55 miles per hour.
what is the amount of time it takes to travel 330 miles?
how many miles does the car travel in 20 minutes?
how many miles does the car travel in 40 minutes?
Draw a grapg of the number of miles traveled against the number of hours traveled.
Find an equation relating distance 'd' to time 't'.
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Question 549856: dan drove 715 miles in 13 hours.how many miles will he drive in 5 hours?
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Question 549899: A train leaves the station at 6:00 PM traveling west at 80 mi/h. On a parallel track, a second train leaves the station 3 hours later traveling west at 100 mi/h. At what time will the second train catch up with the first?
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Question 549944: To cars start at the same time from different cities, 250 miles apart. They travel towards each other. The rate of the faster car exceeds the rate of the slower car by 6mph. After 1.7hours the cars are still 98 miles apart. Find the speed of the slower car.
I know rt=d. if a is the slower car and a+6 is the faster car. but I do not understand how to compute the rest.
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Question 549986: A truck traveling at an average rate of 45 miles per hour leaves a rest stop. Fifteen minutes later a car traveling at an average rate of 60 miles per hour leaves the same rest stop traveling the same route. How long will it take for the car to catch up with the truck? Thanks!!!!
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Question 550060: a car travelling at 56 kph how long does it take to travel 64 meters how many seconds thanks
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Question 550081: Can you help me with this word problem- Mr.Remi drove 210 miles in 7 hours.At this rate, how many miles did he drive in 5 hours?
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Question 550081: Can you help me with this word problem- Mr.Remi drove 210 miles in 7 hours.At this rate, how many miles did he drive in 5 hours?
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Question 550085: On the same track, Train A departs southbound traveling at 50km/h, while Train B departs northbound traveling at the same speed. They begin at a distance of 10km apart. At the time of departure, a monarch butterfly starts to fly from Train A to Train B at a speed of 100km/h. When the butterfly reaches Train B, it turns around and flies towards Train A. It continues this until the Trains collide. What is the total distance the butterfly has fluttered its wings before the trains reach their demise?
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Question 550099: In a certain amount of time, a plane traveling at a constant 250 miles per hour traveled 20,000 feet. In this same amount of time, how many feet would a plane traveling at a constant 400 miles per hour travel?
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Question 548745: A car is traveling 75.5 kilometers per hour. What is its speed in miles per minute?
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Question 548742: A cargo ship left Montreal for Halifax at 15km/h. One hour later, a patrol boat left Montreal at 20km/h, trying to overtake the cargo ship. After how long did the patrol boat overtake the cargo ship?
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Question 548654: A car started from Phoenix toward Los Angeles at the rate of 50 mi/h. A second car left from the same place 1 h later and drove along the same route at 65 mi/h. How long did it take the second car to overtake the first?

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Question 546825: if your drive down the highway at 67 mph, how far can you go in 3 hours?

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Question 546797: the number 28.6 is what percent of 52
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Question 550151: if a car is traveling 60 kilometers how many metrs will it travel in 5 minutes
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Question 550160: 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 550172: If I were traveling at a speed of 40 sec per mile, how fast would I be driving?
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Question 550220: If a person travels at the speed of 40km/hr then he reaches 5min late and if the person travels at the speed of 50km/hr then he reaches 3min,find the distance and the time?

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Question 550340: If you are going 80 mph (speed) and have to travel 503 miles what is your arrival time?
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Question 550340: If you are going 80 mph (speed) and have to travel 503 miles what is your arrival time?
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Question 550371: the speed of air craft is 1800 km/h.how much the aircraft travel in 40 min.?
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Question 550373: the speed of aircraft is 1800 km/h.how much the aircraft travel in 35 min?
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Question 550442: How far can a car travel if it is traveling at an average speed of 50 miles per hour ?
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Question 550455: Please show work for this word problem:
Horse ran around the block 4 times. The block is 164 meters long and 75 meters wide. How far did he run? Answer: He ran ______ meters.
Please show work, that is where I'm confused.
Thanks,
C. H.
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Question 550492: Two cars leave the same point traveling in opposite directions. The second car travels 15 mph faster than the first. After 3 hours they are 465 miles apart. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 550529: If I'm running 10mph, how many seconds will it take to reach 90 ft?

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Question 550589: What is the average speed travelled if I cover 8.2 kms in 18 minutes?
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Question 550589: What is the average speed travelled if I cover 8.2 kms in 18 minutes?
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