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Question 676369: If I drove 350 miles in 330 minutes what was my average speed?
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Question 676400: A sailboat departed from an island and traveled north for 2 hours, then east for 1 and 1/2 hours all at the same speed. At the end of the trip the boat was 20 miles from where it started. At what speed did the boat travel?
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Question 676495: two cars leave the same point at the same time one car is traveling 1 1/3 times as fast as the other after 3 hrs they are 45 miles apart. what speed is each car going?
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Question 676474: A library is located 5 miles east of a school. A park is 3 miles east of the school and halfway between the library and a deli. How far is it from the deli to the library?

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Question 676490: plane flies at 523 mph one way and 415 mph on return. Trip takes 11 hours, how far did plane travel?
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Question 676496: a 25% solution of alcohol is to be mixed with a 40% solution to get 50L of a final mixture that is 30% alcohol, how much of each of the original solutions should be used?
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Question 676507: A man cycles for x hours at 12km/h and y hours at 18km/h. Altogether he cycles 78km in 5hours. Find x and y
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Question 676545: A boy runs one k.m. in 12 min. How long will he take to runs 400 m?
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Question 676605: How long would it take to travel 135 miles at a speed of 60 mph
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Question 676605: How long would it take to travel 135 miles at a speed of 60 mph
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Question 676678: if an object is thrown off a tall building its height can be represented by the polynomial h=-16tsquere+6t+300 where t is seconds after the object is thrown and h is feet above the ground. how high is the building?
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Question 676712: It takes Karl 6 hours to drive 372 miles. If he drives at a constant speed during the 6 hours, what is his unit rate? At this rate, how far will Karl drive in 8 hours?
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Question 676714: A boat can travel 495 miles on 45 gallons of gasoline. How far can it travel on 4 gallons?
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Question 676745: the bicycle has an average speed of 90km/h. how far will it travel in 2 hours
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Question 676731: A bus travels from buffalo to Albany stopping at Rocheter and Syracuse. At each city there is a 30 minute stopover to unload and load passengers and baggage. The driving distance from buffalo to Rochester is 75 miles, from Rochester to Syracuse is 85 miles, and from Syracuse to Albany is 145 miles. The bus travels at an average speed of 50 miles per hour.
Solve the formula D=rt for t to find the time needed for each part of the trip
Make a schedule for the times of arrival and departures for each city if the bus leaves buffalo at 9:00 AM. Please help! I need this for tomorrow. Thanks again
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Question 676743: what is the mass of a 100cm3 cube of copper(p=8.96g/cm3
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Question 676750: if you had the choice between work-joule, force-newton, or power-watt which would you say is an appropriate unit
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Question 676685: A 170 lb. person uses 5.3 calories per minute when bicycling at a speed of 5.5 mph. How long must a person ride a bike at this speed to burn at least 200 calories?
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Question 676617: I need help setting up this word problem. Luke sets out on a snow speeder to base 4800 miles away. He travels in a steady head wind and makes the trip in 3 hrs. Returning, now with the tail wind, takes only 2 hrs. Find the rate of Luke's snow speeder and the speed of the wind.
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Question 676562: A man travels 10km in 50mins if he runs for 8km and walks for 2km. If he runs 4km and walks 6km, his time is 1 hour 15mins. Find his running and walking speeds.
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Question 676941: The speed of a passenger train is 8 mph hour faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 320 miles is the same time it take the freight train to travel 280 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 676402: two cyclists are competing in a race of 8 km on a circular track of radius 25 metres. they begin at the same time. one biker's average speed is 40 km/h while the other bikers average speed is 48 km/h. how many laps will the slower cyclist have left to complete after the faster cyclist finishes?
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Question 676983: Two runners start a race at the same time, traveling in the same direction. Runner 1 runs at a rate of 5 mph, runner two at a rate of 7.5 mph. How long will it be when the runners are 8.75 miles apart?
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Question 677037: what must be the speed of the boat to cover the same distance in a shorter time of 20 minutes?
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Question 677043: what is the average speed 450 miles in 6 hours
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Question 677067: What is the total milage? 3.7 miles + 5.1 mile +10.5 miles
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Question 677115: If the lake is 60 miles and im driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take me to get to the lake?
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Question 677154: a car travels at 90 kilometers per hour write an expression for the distance traveled after h hours
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Question 677116: 2 trains travel in opposite direction, several hours they are 170 miles apart. Train A traveled 70 miles more than Train B. how far did the train A travel?
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Question 677198: 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 676896: Could you please help me solve this problem?
A sharpshooter intends to hit a target at a distance of 1000 yards with a gun that has a muzzle velocity of 1200 feet per second. Neglecting air resistance, determine the gin's minimum angle of elevation "x" if the range "r" is given by r=1/32V0^2sin2x.
Thank you!
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Question 677269: how long would it take a car to travel 315 miles if it was averaging 45 mph?
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Question 677239: a motorist travels for 1hr at an average speed of 72km/h and then for 2hrs at a average speed of 90km/h calculate his average speed for the whole journey.

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Question 677045: A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour. 1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point. Both planes arrive at the same time; what was the average speed of the 747?
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Question 677341: A ball is thrown vertically upward. After t seconds, its height h (in feet) is given by the function h(t)=80t+16t^2 . What is the maximum height that the ball will reach?

Do not round your answer.
Height= ? feet
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Question 677373: If Joe walks 11 miles in 3 hours how many miles did he walk per hour in a mixed number?
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Question 677440: If Michael rides his bike 3.5 miles, how many yards did he ride his bike?
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Question 677480: A ball is thrown vertically upward. After t seconds, its height h (in feet) is given by the function h(t)=80t+16t^2 . What is the maximum height that the ball will reach?
Do not round your answer.
Height= ? feet
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Question 677515: if yo ride your bike 30 kilometers in 2 hours what is your average speed

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Question 677528: a train travels for 48 minutes at 80 km/h. how far does he go?
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Question 677593: how far could you walk in 20 seconds ?

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Question 677596: a car travelled a distance of 89 km in 6 hours.What is it's speed
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Question 677623: a car travels at an average speed of 68 miles per hour. how many miles does it travel in 4 hour and 45 minutes.

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Question 677645: If your speed is 55 mph, how far will your car travel in three seconds?

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