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Question 703205: What is my average speed if i travel 255miles in 6hours
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Question 703170:
Two train leave the same station at the same time and head in opposite direction. One train is traveling 20 mi/h faster than the other. In 5 hours, they were 800 miles apart, find the rate of each rate?
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Question 703157:
A car and motorcycle are going opposite directions on Interstate 10 at 75 miles per hour. How far apart will they be twenty-three minutes after they pass each other?
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Question 703246: A 40 foot bus passes by me in 1.5 seconds how fast is the bus going
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Question 703278: IF A BUILDING IS 180 FT BY 88 FT HOW MANY TIMES WOULD I HAVE TO WALK AROUND IT TO EQUAL ONE MILE
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Question 703278: IF A BUILDING IS 180 FT BY 88 FT HOW MANY TIMES WOULD I HAVE TO WALK AROUND IT TO EQUAL ONE MILE
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Question 703164: eric drove from town A to town B. after travelling 1/3 of the journey at an average speed of 75 km/hr, he continued to travel another 300 km to reach town b, if the average speed for the whole journey was 90 km/hr, find his average speed for the last 2/3 of the journey?
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Question 703355: It takes you 30 minutes to drive to school, which is 12 miles away. What is your
speed in miles per hour.
I tried setting it up as d=rt and plugged in 30=12r but when trying to solve I get stuck in trying to get this to equal it out. I may be setting this up wrong though.
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Question 703368: You leave your house at 8 am travelling at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. Your brother leaves the same house at 9am an average speed of 60 miles per hour. How far apart will you be from your brother at noon.
I know it is d=rt but I'm having difficulty plugging in the numbers. I know you add 50+60 to make 110 since they are going opposite directions, but from there I am stuck.
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Question 703330:
Two trucks leave a depot at approximately the same time and travel the same route. How far apart are the trucks after 2� hours if their average speeds are 64 miles per hour and 62 miles per hour?
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Question 703514: a plane can fly 4800km in 4h with the wind. the return trip against the same wind takes 5h. find the rate of the plane in the still air and the rate of the wind. please shows steps thank you
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Question 703543: the 4200 km trip from new york to sanfransico takes 7 h flying against the wind but only 6h returning find the speed of the plane in stil air and the wind speed. Please show steps. thank you
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Question 703533: The 4200 km trip from New York to San Fransico takes 7h flying against the wind but on 6h returning. find the speed of the plane in still air and the wind speed.please show steps thank you for your help
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Question 703547: a cabin cruiser traveling with the current went 120 km in 3 h. Against the current it took 5 h to travel the same distance. please find the rate of the cabin cruiser in still water and the rate of the current. thank you a ton
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Question 703538: Paddling with current a canoeist can travel 48km in 3h. against the current the canoeist takes 4 h ti travel the same distance. find the rate of the canoeist in still water and the rate of the current. Please help thank you

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Question 703613: city B is 8 miles east of city A. city C is 6 miles north of city B. city D is 16 miles east of city C, and city E is 12 miles north of city D. what is the distance from city A to city E?

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Question 703085: Could you please help me here
A car leaves Seattle at 2 a.m. travelling south on I-5 at a constant rate of speed of 70
miles per hour. At 1 a.m. a car left Tacoma, forty miles south of Seattle, travelling south
on I-5 at a constant rate of speed of 50 miles per hour. When & where will the faster car
overtake the slower car
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Question 702530: A plane can fly 320 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 120 miles. If the car travels 100 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane.
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Question 703652: Two trains heading towards each other are 400 miles apart one train travels 15 miles per hour faster than the other train if they arrive at the same station in 5 hours how fast is each train traveling
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Question 703707: Carmen drove 792 miles in 11 hours.
At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 13 hours?
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Question 703707: Carmen drove 792 miles in 11 hours.
At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 13 hours?
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Question 703804: A cyclist traveled 60 mi at a constant rate before reducing the speed by 12 mph. Another 40 mi was traveled at the reduced speed. The total time for the 100-mile trip was 8 h. Find the rate during the first 60 mi.

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Question 703756: Which is traveling faster, a car going 81 km/h or one going 47 mi/h?
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Question 703848: If u start at 10/mph and accelerate to 100/mph in 6 seconds . How far did you travel?
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Question 703904: if you drive 40 miles per hour how long would it take to reach a destination 60 miles away
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Question 703958: On a road map, the distance from Atlanta to Chicago is 17.5 cm. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map scale is 2 cm = 80 miles?
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Question 703980: a small plane traveled the 1800 km distance between two islands in 3 hours with the wind. the return trip against the wind took 6 hours . find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind
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Question 703978: A motorboat can maintain a constant speed of 38 miles per hour relative to the water. The boat makes a trip upstream to a certain point in 55 minutes; the return trip take 40 minutes. what is the speed of the current?
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Question 704152: It takes Bob 1/5 hour to hike 1/4 mile. What is his unit rate, in miles per hour?
I have figured out that 1/5 hour is 12 minutes. But I am having problems figuring out what to do next. 1/4 of a mile is .25 of a mile. Do I divide 12/.25?
Thanks in advance!
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Question 704263: what is the peed of a car that travels 289km in 2.3 hours?

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Question 704250: If a boat uses 24 gallons of gas to go 73 miles, how many miles can the boat travel on 96 gallons of gas?
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Question 704253: You are driving on I-96 at 63.2 miles per hour. How far will you move in 3.55 seconds
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Question 704249: Maureen can run at a rate that is 3 miles per hour faster than her friend Hector's rate. While training for a mini marathon, Maureen gives Hector a half-hour head start and then begins chasing Hector on the same route. If Maureen passes Hector 9 miles from the starting point, how fast is each running?
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Question 704218: A bullet is fired horizontally at a target, and the sound of its impact is heard 2.5 seconds later. If the speed of the bullet is 3300 ft/sec and the speed of sound is 1100 ft/sec, how far away is the target?
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Question 704267: A train passes through a 750 m long tunnel at 50km/h. The back of the train exits the tunnel 1.5 min after the front of the train enters it. What is the length of the train, in meters?
Thank you in advance!
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Question 704319: a car travelling at speed of 10 km/hr.how much distance it will travel in 300 minutes?
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Question 704236: The person swims at 6 kilometers per hour and runs at 18 kilometers per hour. For what distance x is the total time for swimming and running 3 hours? Round to the nearest tenth of a kilometer.
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Question 704397: A train leaves and travels north at 85 km per hour. Another train leaves at the same time and travels S at 55 km per hour. How long will it take before they are 560 km apart?
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Question 704411: the speed of the current in a river is 6 mph. A ferry operator who works that part of the river is looking to buy a new boat. Every day, his route takes him 22.5 miles against the current and back to his dock, and he needs to make this trip in a total of 9 hours. he has a boat in mind, but he can only test in on a lake where there is no current. How fast must the boat go on the lake in order for it to serve the ferry operator's needs? No idea where to start. thanks
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Question 704432: if a car travels 11 km in 15 minutes how far can it travel in one hour?
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