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Question 677931: Ricardo drives 28 miles in half an hour. What is his average rate of speed?
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Question 678035: On a 370-mile trip, Andy averaged 5 miles per hour faster for the last 160 miles than he did for the first 210 miles. The entire trip took 10 hours. How fast did he travel for the first 210 miles?
I have tried so many different ways to solve and just can't! my teacher didn't go over any of this!
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Question 678271: a man traveling on a bike can go 20 miles per hour. he needs to go 17.7 miles to school how long will it take him to reach his destination,going at 20 miles per hour?
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Question 678387: if i shoot an arrow straight into the air and it takes 10 seconds to hit the ground how high did the arrow fly

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Question 678318: A car and a motorcycle set off from the same point to travel the same journey. The car has a start of four minutes before the motorcycle sets off. If the car travels at 80km/h and the motorcycle travels at 90km/h, how many kilometres will be travelled when the two vehicles are level?

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Question 678460: A swimming pool can be fill in 14 hours through a pipe, and 24 hours through the hose, if water is entering through both the pipe and the hose, how long will it take to fill the pool?
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Question 678525: How long will it take a racecar moving west at 150 km/hr, to travel from CT to California which is 4000 km to the West?
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Question 678543: A rocket speed is 2 1/3 miles per second. How fast is this in miles per hour
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Question 678543: A rocket speed is 2 1/3 miles per second. How fast is this in miles per hour
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Question 678529: Find the time that it will take a sloth to cross a 40 ft wide road, if the sloth moves at a speed of 3 yds/minute?

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Question 678610: The height h(t), in feet, of an airborn tee-shirt t seconds after being launched can be approximated by h(t)=-15t^2+105t+10, 0<= t <=10. Find the time when the shirt will reach a fan 160ft above ground level?
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Question 678658: Larry's time to travel 208 miles is 1 hour more than Terrell's time to travel 165 miles. Terrell drove 3 miles per hour faster than Larry. How fast did each one travel?
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Question 678799: A car travel 84 miles in 1 hour 30 minutes. What is the car's average speed?
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Question 678791: If I traveled 60 mph and was an hour early, and traveled 30 mph and was an hour late how far was the airport?
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Question 678699: one car travels 20 mph faster than another. whie one of them travels at 240 miles the other travels 180 miles. find each of their speeds
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Question 678995: A jet can fly 550mph in calm air. Traveling with the wind, the jet can fly 2400 miles in the same amount of time it takes to fly 2000 miles against the wind. Find the rate of the wind.

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Question 679036: the formula of the distance travele in 2.5hr at the rate of 80kph

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Question 679045: 60 mi/2 h = 180 mi/?

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Question 679045: 60 mi/2 h = 180 mi/?

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Question 679044: Lucky while driving to school computes the average speed for his trip to be 20km/h on his return trip along the same route there is traffic and the average speed is 40km/h what is this average speed?
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Question 679043: Read the given paragraph carefully and keeping in mind the qualities of Journalistic Writing, answer the questions given at the end of the paragraph.
The misery of superstorm Sandy�s devastation grew as millions along the US East Coast faced life without power or mass transit for days, and huge swaths of New York City remained eerily quiet. The US death toll climbed to at least 48, many of the victims killed by falling trees, and rescue work continued. The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with hurricane force cut power to more than 8.2 million across the East and put the presidential campaign on hold just one week before Election Day. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart closed for a second day. The storm caused the worst damage in the 108-year history of the city�s subway system
�This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced,� Bloomberg- City Mayor, New York said. But the full extent of the damage in New Jersey was being revealed as morning arrived. Emergency crews fanned out to rescue hundreds.
The death toll from Sandy in the US included several killed by falling trees. Airlines canceled more than 15,000 flights. New York City�s three major airports remained closed. Some bridges into the city reopened at midday, but most major tunnels and bridges remained closed, as were schools and Broadway theaters. The storm sent a nearly 14-foot surge of seawater, a record, coursing over Lower Manhattan�s seawalls and highways and into low-lying streets. The water inundated tunnels, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street and sent hospital patients and tourists scrambling for safety. Skyscrapers swayed and creaked in winds that partially toppled a crane 74 stories above Midtown.
Q1- The basic questions that journalists strive to answer when chasing a news story are �who,� �what,� �where,� when,� �why� and �how.� In the light of this statement, select at least three sentences from the given paragraph that come under any three of these question categories (who, what, where etc.)
Note: Only one sentence for one category.

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Question 679090: A driver is travelling 120km per hour, and will arrive the destination in 40 minutes how far is she from the destination? (In kilometers)
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Question 679099: A driver is travelling 120km per hour, and will arrive the destination in 40 minutes how far is she from the destination? (In kilometers)
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Question 679149: A car travels 600miles in 5 hours. What is the average speed of the car?
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Question 679139: Please help -
Alicia can row 7 miles downstream in the same time it takes her to row 4 miles upstream. She rows downstream 5 miles/hour faster than she rows upstream. Find Alicia�s rowing rate each way.

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Question 679265:
If i can walk 4 miles per hour, how long will it take me to walk to my grandma's who lives 3.67 miles away? plz answer in hours and minutes.
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Question 679304: if you travel 165 meters in 11 seconds, what is your speed in kilometer per hour
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Question 679331: Nicole drove 715 miles in 3 hours.
At the same rate, how long would it take her to drive 495 miles?
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Question 679445: I am having a problem setting up this problem - Can you help me?
At 8 am, the Smiths left a campground, driving at 48 miles per hour. At 8:20 am, the Garcias left the same campground and followed the same route, driving at 60 miles per hour. At what time did they overtake the Smiths?
I know
rate x time = distance
but that is as far as I got.
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Question 679480: A train leaves NYC for Washington every hour on the hour, A train leaves Washington for NYC every hour on the half-hour, The trip takes 5 hours each way On your way from nyc to washington , how many trains do you pass?
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Question 679495: Bill paddled a canoe 2 miles upstream in a river that has a current of 2 mph. He then turned around and paddled downstream until he reached his original starting place. If the entire trip took him 7 hours, how fast would Bill paddle in still water?
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Question 679613: At 7:00 am, Brooke leaves home to go on a business trip driving 35 mph. Fifteen minutes later, Bart discovers that Brooke forgot
her presentation materials. He drives 50 mph to catch up with her. What time will Bart catch Brooke?
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Question 679635: Chance paddled a canoe 10 miles upstream in a river that has a current of 4 mph. He then turned around and paddled downstream until he reached his original starting place. If the entire trip took him 7 hours, how fast would Chance paddle in still water?
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Question 679700: joe jogs 2.5 slower than kelly jogs. in the time that it takes joe to jog 30 miles, kathy can jog 40 miles. find the jogging speed of each person.
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Question 679667: How far will you go in 7 hours if you travel east at an average speed of 54 miles per hour?

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Question 679782: man runs 90 min at 8 mph then drives 55 mph for 24 min..how many miles did he travel? I get 24 miles
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Question 679830: if you are walking 2.5 miles an hour walking for 45 minutes on 700 meters 6 times how far in kilometers how far are you walking

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Question 679827: the average speed of a car is 120 km/h. how far can it go in 45 minutes?

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Question 679869: A train is travelling at 80km/h. how far does the train go in 1 minute?
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Question 679825: A train travels 1 mile in 1 minute 30 seconds. At this rate, how many miles will it travel in two hours?
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Question 679871: car is driving at a constant speed of 65mph for 4 1/3 hours. How far did the car travel?
Thank you in advance and please show what the formula is for this.
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Question 679870: Determine the average speed of a bike rider who traveled 12 miles in 4 hours. (Note: Use correct units!)
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Question 679947: bla bla bla can run 60 mph how long would it take to run 2 miles?
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Question 679963: How fast must a car travel to hit another car traveling 20 mph 6 car lenghts (60 feet) away?
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Question 680058: Hi can you help me?
It is 3.67 miles to your grandparents� home.
n. If you can walk 4 miles in one hour, how long will it take for you to walk to your grandparents� home? Express your answer in decimal hours and then convert the time to minutes (to the nearest minute).
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