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Question 719047: If tran travelled 350 metres in 20 minutes how fast was he moving in km/h
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Question 719256: Please help!! The question is "River C is 300 miles longer than river D. If the sum of their lengths is 5,570 miles, what is the length of each river?" Thanks!!
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Question 719230: I can walk 5.5 km per hour, how many hours will it take me to walk 33 km?
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Question 719288: If you travel for 2 hours at a rate of 15 mph, and you travel for 6 hours at a rate of 5 mph, what is your average speed and how do you solve it?
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Question 719424: I need help with math expressions.
if a bus leaves a station that is 357 miles from Chicago and travels toward Chicago at a rate of 50 mph?
Thank you :)
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Question 719418: A pilot can fly a plane at 75 mph in calm air. A recent trip of 300 mi flying with the wind and 300 mi returning against the wind took 9 h. Find the rate of the wind.
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Question 719502: two cars leave town at the same time going in the same direction on the same road. One travels 30 mi/h and the other travels 46 mi/h. If they both start at 2:00 pm, when will they be 76 miles apart?
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Question 719546: a train crosses a highway travelling North at 60mph. One hour later, a car travelling East at 45 miles per hour on the highway crosses the train track. To the nearest 0.1 hour, after how long will the train and car be 100 miles apart?
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Question 719654: You can ride a bike at 15 mph. Your sister rides 12 mph. You give her a one-hour head start. In how many hours will you catch up if neither of you stops.
(15 + x) (12 + x)
15x - 12x
In 2 hours
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Question 719661: Tom's rowboat can travel 7 miles downstream in the same time that it can travel 3mi upstream . If the speed of the current is 1mph , what is Tom's rowing speed in still water?
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Question 719650:
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Question 719696: If I had walked 1 km per hour faster, I would have taken 10 minutes less to walk 2 km. Find the rate of my walking. Please help me, I just can't figure it out! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 719719: if the speed of a cyclist is 100 metres per second how much distance will he travel in 15 minutes
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Question 719855: Mickey and Minnie left Minnie's house d went for a leisurely bike ride traveling at a rate of 7 miles per hour. Mikckey's bike tire ran over a thorn and went flat, so they walked the bikes back to Minnie's house at a rate of 3 miles per hour. If the total trip took 50 minutes, how far away from Minnie's house were they when Mickey got the flat tire?
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Question 719872: Piglet and Tigger were walking near the border of the Hundred Acre Woods when they were frightened by a heffalump. Piglet began running to the north at a rate that was 64 feet per minute faster than Tigger began bouncing to the south. When they both stopped four minutes later, the were 1,856 feet apart. How fast did Piglet run? How fast did Tigger bounce?
What is Piglet's and Tigger's rates converted from feet per minute to miles per hour?
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Question 719845: An airplane takes 6 hours to travel a distance of 5040 km against the wind. The return trip takes 5 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 719867: 2 cars travel in opposite directions with one going 15mph faster after 3 hours they are 405 miles apart. What's the speed of each car?
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Question 719889: What is the speed of an object that has traveled 1 mile in 2 seconds?
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Question 719889: What is the speed of an object that has traveled 1 mile in 2 seconds?
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Question 719849: Dory began to swim in the wrong direction at a rate of 100 meters per minute. 30 seconds later, Nemo started swimming after her at a rate of 120 meters per minute. How long did it take Nemo to catch up to Dory?
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Question 719967: A)Treveon paddled 27 miles downstream in his boat. The speed of the water current was 3 mph.
B)Brian paddled 15 miles across the lake in his boat. He was traveling on still water.
C)The total trip took 10 hours.
- Create an equation for each and then solve them
Attempt -
A) 1A: Distance rowed = time to arrive(row speed still water + Current)
step
2A: 27=x(Y+3) assuming x is time and y is row speed (still)
3A: 27=x(8.43+3)
4A: 27=11.43X
5A: X=2.36 same as time to arrive (subtract this from the total of 6.43 hours for how long it took to get back)
B)
1B: Distance Rowed - time(speed)
2B: 15=xy assuming x is time and Y is row speed
3B: 15=3.57/2(y)
4B:15=1.78(Y)
5B: divide both sides by 1.78
5B: y = 8.43 same as speed equals 8.43
C)--Lost--using part over whole method determining the percentage of whole each traveled (wrong method)
I can determine that Treveon of course took 64.3% of the time equaling 6.43 hours and that bryan took 35.7% equaling 3.57 hours. Bryan's would be equally divided since he didn't have to row up stream...
D) How long did it take each to get back?
Brian is 1.79 hours each way
Treveon is 6.43-2.36 there = 4.07 back

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Question 720020: On Monday, Amy cycled 24 miles in 2 hours at a constant rate. On Tuesday, she cycled at an average of 3 mph faster. What was her rate on Tuesday?
I tried 24/2= 12
So 24+3=27 and divide by 2 would equal 13.5.
My choices are:
A. 3 mph
B. 15 mph
C. 30 mph
D. 120 mph

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Question 720035: what us the speed of a horse that travels 45 meters in 120 seconds?
distance=speed *time
==>speed=distance/time=45/120=3/8
speed=3/8meters/second

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Question 720100: A bgroup can travel 4.5 miles per hr how far can they go in ninety minutes?
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Question 720112: This is a word problem from a chapter on Quadratic Equations.
The speed of a boat in still water is 10km/hour. The boat travels upstream 24km and 24km downstream in a total time of 5 hours. What is the speed of the stream?
I know how to solve quadratic equations, so I mainly need to know how to set the problem up, because that's the part that really confuses me.
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Question 720172: allan runs 4 miles in 30 minutes at the same rate how many miles would he run in 54 minutes

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Question 720171: A plane leaves the airport flying at 180 mph with a heading of 70 degrees. One hour later a second airpirt flying at 220 mph leaves the same airport with a heading of 345 degrees. How far apart are the airplanes at 1.5 hours after the first airplane leaves the airport?
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Question 720210: yolanda drove 936 miles in 13 hours at the same rate, how long would it take her to drive 504 miles
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Question 720265: Two cars left St.Louis at the same time. One car traveled east at 60 miles per hour and the other went west at 50 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two cars to be 715 miles apart?
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Question 720284:
A fishing boat travels at 20 mph on its way to the fishing grounds. It takes two hours to reach the grounds. On the way back, when the boat is loaded with fish, it can only travel at 15 mph. How long will it take the boat to get home?
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Question 720331:

how long would it take to travel 700km at 80km/h?
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Question 720353: What is 2 x 3?
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Question 720353: What is 2 x 3?
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Question 720316:
Maria jogs to the country at a rate of 10mph . She returns along the same route at 6 mph If her total trip took 1 hour 36 minutes. how far did she jog?
solving for distance d= how many miles did she jog?

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Question 720308: 2 private airplanes travel toward each other from cities that are 780km apart at speeds of 190km/h and 200km/h . they left at same time. In how many hours will they meet ?
my solution not sure if this is correct
let x = # of hours planes will meet
190x+200x=780km
390x=780
x=2 hours the planes will meet Thank you for checking this for me
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Question 720356:
if the wind held steady at 15 miles per hour how far would the balloon have traveled in 2.5 hours
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Question 720334: how could i fly in 6 hrs?

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Question 720399: If Edna leaves now and drives at 30 mi/h, she can reach Athens just in time for her night class. On the other hand, if she eats a snack and leaves in 20 min, she has to drive 45 mi/h ti make it to her class on time. How far away is Athens?
I do not even know how to set this problem up.
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Question 720410: What distance does a police car that moves at a constant speed of 3.5 km/minute for 7.5 minutes travel ?
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Question 720434: a car travels 12 miles on a gallon of gasoline. how far will it go on 35 gallons?

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Question 720447: If you were to walk 2200 miles averaging 2 miles per hour how many hours would it take?

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Question 720436: What problem can I make with 14x+220=500, but it has to be on an eight grade regular math basis

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Question 720508: Will you please help me answer this question none of my friends or parents know what to do, I could really use your help.
Here is the question:
flying with the wind a plane went 135 mph. Flying into the same wind the plane only went 93 mph. Find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air.
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