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Question 648318: The record for the Boston Marathosn' is 1hour 18min and 27 seconds. The marathon is 26.2 miles long. at 3miles per hour how long would it take to complete a 30 miles race?
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Question 648477: During 2008, an auto plant produced 25% fewer cars than it had in 2007. Production fell by another 20% during 2009. By what percent will production have to increase in 2010 to make the same number of cars as the plant produced in 2007?
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Question 648470: Lisa traveled to her cabin on the lake and back. The trip there took five hours and the trip back took six hours. She averaged 45 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there.
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Question 648758: A jet plane traveling at 550 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph with a two hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?
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Question 648797: Please help me solve this question
its a wind current problem
it took the pilot an hour and a half to make a flight of 240 miles when flying against the headwind. The return trip took an hour and 12 minutes (the wind had not shifted nor changed its speed ) What was the speed of that wind?
please send me too an explanation please.
and thank you....
and fast if that's ok with you. thanks again ma'am/sir...

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Question 648831: Train Speed: A train leaves Los Angeles at 2:00 PM. A second train leaves the same station in the same direction at 4:00 PM. The second train travels 24 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 7:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?
I am not sure how to construct an equation to solve this problem.
Thanks for your help!
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Question 648939: What is the average speed of a bicyclist who travels 20 miles in 60 minutes
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Question 648820: Suppose a car drives on the freeway for 7 hours. In the first 3 hours, he travels at a constant
speed. For the remaining part of the trip, he travels 10 mph faster than during the rst part
of the drive. If he travelled 500 miles, how fast was he going during the rst part of the drive?
I just cant seem to come up with an equation, I need it explained. Any help would work thanks!
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Question 648824: Travel by car: Marcus drives from one town to another in 6 hours. On the return trip, his speed increased by 10 mph and the trip takes 5 hours. Find his rate on the return trip. How far apart are the towns?
So far I know:
rate x time= distance
Going trip- rate= r time =6 distance= ?
Return trip- rate= r+10 time= 5 distance=?
I am not sure how to proceed in writing and solving the equation.
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Question 649000: I would like the details on how the problem was solved.

Perry left school driving towards the lake one hour before Jaidee. Jaidee drove in the opposite direction going 6 mph slower than Perry for one hour after which time they were 174mi. apart. What was Parry's speed?
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Question 648826: Carol has 8 hours to spend on a mountain hike. She can walk up the trail at an average of 2 mph and can walk down at an average of 3 mph. How long should she plan to hike uphill before turning around?
I am not really sure how to even begin solving this problem.
Thanks so much for your help!
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Question 649034: if a car is moving at 50 km/h, how long will it take to travel 2,500 km?
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Question 649039: The car is travel wth the speed of 200kilometres per hour in 500 kilometres. How many hours it will take to arrive?
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Question 649078: How long would it get from NY. To Washington D.C. if u were moving at 50 mph
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Question 648934: sue walks at a rate of 10 feet every 5 seconds while tom walks at a rate of 15 feet every 5 seconds. If sue has a head start of 25 feet, after how many seconds will they be at the same spot?
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Question 649230: If two sailboats are 400 meters apart and one is moving at rate of 10 meters per second and the other is moving toward the other at a rate of 15 meters per second, when will they pass eachother
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Question 649316: 1. Two trains leave a city, traveling in opposite directions. One train is 20 mph faster than the second. After 5 hours the trains are 800 miles apart. What is the speed of each train? can u tell me the formula to solve this.. and how to do it without distance.. been trying for hours and I have a final tommorow!!
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Question 649364: 240 miles where travel in 7 hours 1st part of the trip was travel at 20 miles/hr then the speed was double for the second part , how many miles where travel at 20 mph
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Question 649492: A man cycles from his office to his house at a speed of 5 km/hr and reaches 10 minutes late. If he cycles at a speed of 6 km/hr, he reaches 10 minutes early. What is the distance between the office and his house?

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Question 649480: i have an open box and the V(x)=(24-2x)(14-2x)(x). what is the domain and how do i get it?
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Question 649587: tom and rib walk towards each other at 5km/hr and 10 km/hr.then they double their speed at end of each hour.find after covering how much distance tom meets rib?
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Question 649627: You are traveling 150 miles to cousins house. You travel 50 miles per hour. When will you get to your cousins house?
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Question 649345: A person starts a journey from his home and travels in a speed of 5Km/h he arrives to the destination 1 minute late. and if he travels in a speed of 6Km/h he arrives 1 minute early . what's the distance he traveled?
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Question 649584: if a bullet travels at 631.0 m/s, what is its speed in miles per hour?
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Question 649726: im stuck on this problem:
Use a formula to solve the problem.
Rose Parade floats travel down the 6.5-mile-long parade route at a rate of 2.5 mph. How long will it take a float to complete the route if there are no delays?
the answer box says "hr" right beside it but when i looked up how to do it [6.5=2.5(x)] right? anyways, my answer from that was 156, which wouldnt be an even hour. do you know what i mean? is that the right answer?
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Question 649725: Find two countries on the map which are approximately 4995 kilometers apart.
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Question 649841: You helped a friend move a short distance recently. The friend rented a truck for $15 an hour and rented a dolly for $5. Your friend paid a total of #80 for the rental. For how long did your friend rent the truck?
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Question 650114: a fully loaded train travels 16km/hr slower than an empty train. the loaded train travels 440km in the same time it takes the passenger train to travel 600km. find the two speeds.
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Question 650123: a car goes down a street at 26 miles an hour two hours later another one goes down the same street at how long will it take for the second car to catch up to the first when its going 52 miles an hour
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Question 650135: It took an airplane hours to fly mi against a headwind. The return trip with the wind took hours. Find the speed of the plane with no wind and the windspeed.
The speed of the plane is ____ mph.
The windspeed is _____ mph.

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Question 650086: What is the speed of an automobile in kilometers per hour if it is traveling 45 miles per hour?
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Question 650161: A ship travels 9 miles in 45 minutes. What is its speed in mph?
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Question 650194: I want to determine if one could go from a speed of 20 MPH to 31 MPH in a distance of 90, or 93.3 or 95 feet. Will you help me figure this out? Thank you!
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Question 650258: How to calculate a distance between the two vehicles when the patrol car started accelerating give chase?
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Question 650320: Mike drove to a friends house at a rate of 40 miles mph. The return trip he traveled at a rate of 45 mph. Total driving time was 4 hours. What is the distance Mike traveled?
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Question 650348: two people walk daily for exercise. One is able to maintain 4.0mph and the other only 3.5mph. The slow walker has a mile head start when the other begins, yet they finish together. How far did each walk?
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Question 650488: A subway travels 60 mph from Glendale to Midtown. Another subway, traveling at 45 mph, takes 11 minutes longer for the same trip. how far apart are Glendale and Midtown.
Can you walk thru step by step
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Question 650622: two cars travel the same route to a town that is 200 miles from where they started and then return, by the same route to where they started. Car A averages 50 miles per hour one way and 40 miles per hour on the return trip. Car B averages 45 miles per hour both ways. Do the cars travel the total distance in the same amout of time?
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Question 650873: I need your help please...
Two trains leave Chicago at the same time traveling in opposite directions. One is going 60 miles per hour and the other is going 65 miles per hour. How long before they are 375 miles a part?"
Can you please show me how to set the problem up and how to work through it?
Thank you in advance.
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Question 650935: Two planes leave Los Angeles at the same time. One heads south to San Diego, while the other heads north to San Francisco. The San Diego plan flies 50mph slower than the San Francisco plane. In � hour, the planes are 275 miles apart. What are their speeds?
I came up with San Diego plane traveling at 250
I came up with San Fran plane traveling at 300
Am I close?
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Question 650999: Cyclists A and B each average 30 km/h for the first hour of a 100 km race at the end of the hour , B has a a mishap and loses 12 min. Cyclist A finishes the remainder of the race at an average of 25 km/ h . if cyclist B averages 27.5 km/h after resuming, will B catch A before the finish line?
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Question 651244: if your travel car was traveling at 500 kilometer per hour, how many hours will it take you to travel across the sun? how many days?

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Question 651130: "A tortoise crawling at a rate of 0.1mi/h passes a resting hare. The hare wants to rest another 30 minutes before chasing the tortoise at a rate of 5mi/h. How many feet must the hare run to catch the tortoise?"
I know what the answer is, I just don't know how to get it. I know how to get part of the distance but can you please explain in detail how to get the extra distance the hare has to travel since the tortoise is still moving once the hare starts running? And can you please show me why/how it works?
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