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Question 638504: Kate runs twice as fast as she walks. On her way to school, she walks for twice the length of time as she runs. In this way she takes 20 minutes to get there. On her way home, she runs for twice the length of time as she walks. How long does she take to get home?
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Question 638800: How long does it take to go 194km if your traveling a constant speed of 135km/h
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Question 638869: Use the formula d = rt to find the following.
r for d = 30 mi and t = 1.5 h
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Question 638898: If the truck he was in was moving at a rate of 30 km/hr and the bus ride lasted for 13 hours, how far did the soldiers take him from home? How far in miles? Show your work.
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Question 638920: Please help me solve this word problem. When Chiko 'volunteers' for the army, he says that the ride on the bus lasted 'endless' hours. If the truck he was in was moving at a rate of 30 km/hr and the bus ride lasted for 13 hours, how far did the soldiers take him from home? How far in miles?
I think I divide 13 into 30 which equals 0.43333 but that doesn't make sense..
please e-mail me back at twogunsdown@ymail.com... thank you.
Rehyna
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Question 638934: a tugboat goes 160 miles upstream in 20 hrs, the return trip downstream takes 5 hrs, what is the speed of the tug boat without the current and what is the speed of the current
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Question 638885: a plane flies at a height of 1800 feet over a 150-foot-tall building. how far above the building is the plane? draw a diagram to explain your answer.

I just need help on how to draw a diagram or what kind of diagram
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Question 639101: rate = 40 miles per hour, time = 3 1/2 hours
find the distance?!
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Question 639168: if seth has been driving for 4 3/4 hours at 62 miles per hour. about how many miles has he driven?
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Question 639163: Roland traveled 2,643 miles by air. Ramiro traveled 2,643 miles by car. Who traveled farther?
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Question 639188: If a train was moving ten miles per hour how many feet would it move in there seconds
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Question 639196: A freight train traveled to Las Vegas and back. On the trip there it traveled 50 mph and on teh return trip it went 40 mph. How long did the trip there take if the return trip took 15 hours?
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Question 639172: Two buses leave Houston at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus averages 55 mph. and the other bus 45 mph. When will they be 400 miles apart?
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Question 639297: the world's fastest train travels about 162 miles per hour. Estimate how far the train travels in 4.75 hours. would you take 162 x 4.75?
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Question 639327: a 180 m train took 30 seconds to pass a bridge in a specific speed. With a same condition, the train passed a bridge two times longer. What is the speed of the train?
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Question 639372: Rick and Mike are roommates and leave Gainesville on Interstate 75 at the same time to visit their girlfriends for a long weekend. Rick travels north and Mike travels south. If Mike's average speed is 6 mph faster than Rick's, find the speed of each if they are 213 miles apart in 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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Question 639378: Two trains left a station at the same time. One traveled north at a certain speed and the other traveled south twice the speed. After 4 hours, the trains were 600 miles apart. How fast was each train traveling?
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Question 639368: Joe Knows the speed limit is 75 miles/hour on the road he is traveling, but he would like to find out how many feet/second he can drive legally. How many feet/second can joe drive legally?
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Question 639468: The elevator in the Washington Monument takes 75 seconds to travel 500 feet to the top floor. What is the speed of the elevator in miles per hour? Give your answer to two significant digits.
500ft/75sec x 3600sec/1hr x 1mile/5280ft
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Question 639510: In a race, the top speed of one car is nine tenths of the top speed of another. After one half hour the faster car is 10 km ahead of the slower car. FInd the rate of each car, assuming they started side by side.
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Question 639400: A distance of 360km is covered in 3 hours how fast is the car driving
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Question 639557: How many mililiters are in one meter?
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Question 639580: a bowling ball is traveling at 15 mph when it hits the pins. How fast is the bowling ball traveling in feet per second?
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Question 639580: a bowling ball is traveling at 15 mph when it hits the pins. How fast is the bowling ball traveling in feet per second?
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Question 639580: a bowling ball is traveling at 15 mph when it hits the pins. How fast is the bowling ball traveling in feet per second?
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Question 639721: a car travels 425 km at the rate of 85 km/hr. whats the number of hours traveled?
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Question 639611: Some bank robbers leave town, speeding at 71 mph. Nine minutes later, the police give chase, traveling at 80 mph. How long will it take after the robbery for the police to overtake the robbers? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
I have tried over and over to get this right. This is what I have tried:
I made a chart for the robbers saying their rate is 71 mph and time is t+.15 (9 minute head start). Then I made one for cops saying their rate is 80 mph and their time is t. Therefore, the distance of robbers are 71(t+.15) and the distance of cops are 80t. Then I made the equation look like this:
80t = 71(t+.15)
80t = 71t + 10.65 (distribution)
9t = 10.65
t = 1.183
Please help. What am I doing wrong? :(
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Question 639801: John drove 238 miles. If the trip took him 3 1/2 hours, what was his average speed in mph?
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Question 639974: The velocity v (in feet per second) of a rock dropped intoa well is related to time (in seconds) by the formula v=32t. What is the velocity of the rock at the indicated instant? Write your answer in the form (t,v).
A) when the rock is released (,)
B) after 4 seconds (,)

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Question 640031: how long would it take ur trip traveling at 50mph, if 20mph took 1.25 hours?
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Question 640041: A plane leaves New York for Los Angeles traveling at an average speed of 500 miles per hour. A second plane leaves from Los Angeles two hours later bound for New York, 3200 miles away. Taking advantage of the jetstream, the second plane averages 600 mph. How many hours after the first plane took off will the two planes pass each other?
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Question 640045: A bus took a 700 mile trip in 12 hours. The speed was 75 mph for the first part of the trip, and 50 mph for the return trip. How many hours were traveled at each speed?
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Question 640163: The worls fastest train travels about 162 mi/h. estimate how far the train travels in 4.75 h.

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Question 640168: A Coast Guard ship made a trip to NYC and back. The trip there took 3 hours and the return trip took 4 hours and the return trip took 4 hours. It averaged 6 knots on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there.
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Question 640247: how long would a 20 hour drive take if I stopped every 4.5 hours?
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Question 640239: Ashley is driving to New York City. Suppose that the remaining distance to drive (in miles)is a linear function of her driving time (in minutes). When graphed, the function gives a line with a slope of -0.95.
Ashley has 58 miles remaining after 50 minutes of driving. How many miles were remaining after 38 minutes of driving?
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Question 640257: 20 hour drive take if I stopped every 4.5 hours for 15 minutes?
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Question 640303: car and truck leave at noon traveling in opposite directions. truck's speed is 2/3 of the car. at 2:00PM they are 140 miles apart. What is the car's speed?

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Question 640297: at 3 pm a plane leaves london to fly madrid, 1260km away. at 4 pm a plane leaves madrid to fly to london. the second plane flies 40km/h faster then the first. if the planes pass one another at 4:30 pm wat is the speed of each plane? i do not want an answer but i have no idea how to work it could you please help?
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Question 640291: Wendy took a trip from Davenport to Omaha, a distance of 300mi. She traveled part of the way by bus, which arrived at the train station just in time for Wendy to complete her journey by train. The bus averaged 40mi/h and the train 60mi/h. The entire trip took 5-1/2 hours. How long did Wendy spend on the train?
speed formula is:
speed=distance/time (s=d/t)
However, we are trying to find the time factor so it would be
time=distance/speed (t=d/s)
This is what I THINK the formula is, however I am just stuck at what to plug in to what variable.
I am not good at determining these things when it comes to word problems. Please help. Would be
greatly appreciated.

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Question 640276: Tina is going for a walk, traveling at 4 mph. After 30 minutes, David leaves on his bike to try to catch up; he is traveling at 13 mph. If he follows the same route, how long will it take him to catch up (in minutes)? How far will they both have traveled?
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Question 640358: If a car is traveling at 48 miles/hr, how many hrs does it taketo travel 1mile. Appox in secs?
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Question 640358: If a car is traveling at 48 miles/hr, how many hrs does it taketo travel 1mile. Appox in secs?
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Question 640335: Please help me solve this word problem: A certain plane flying with the wind travels 540 km in 2 hours. Later, flying against the same wind, the plane travels 690 km in 3 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 640300: A cyclist rides at an average speed of 24 mi/h (miles/hour). If she wants to bike 2.13 x 105 yards, then how long (in hours) must she ride?
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