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Question 724036: tera traveled 120 miles at a certain speed. tara then drove another 100 miles at a speed that was 10 mph slower. If the total time of taras trip was 4 hours, what was her speed at each part of the trip
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Question 724039: If a car takes 25 minutes to travel 40 miles, then how far will the car go in 60 minutes?
I've tried how many times 25 goes into 60 which is 2.4 and 40 times 2.4 is
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Question 724060: Two inlet pipes can fill a water reservoir in 10 hours and 12 hours respectively when opened individually. If an outlet can empty the reservoir alone in 9 hours, how long will it take to fill the reservoir if all 3 pipes are opened simultaneously?
--THANKS
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Question 723952: VEHICULE #1:
- point A to point B = 2.1kms
- speed = 174 kms/hour
- time taken = 43 secs
What would the acceleration, speed & time be in order for vehicle #2 to start from point A at 0 km/h to catch up to vehicule #1 at point B which mentionned above is 2.1kms?
thank you,
B
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Question 724135: car travelling 300km in 10800 seconds how fast is tavelling in ;
a] km/s
b] km/h
c] m/s
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Question 724157: a bus driver travels a distance of 300km in 4 hours. At the same time, a tourist travels the same 300km in a car but stops for two 30 minute breaks. Still, the tourist arrive at the destination at the same instant as the bus driver. Compare the averagespeeds of each driver.
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Question 724176: A ball is thrown upward from the top of a 240 foot building. The ball is 256 feet above ground level a fter 1 second, and it reaches ground level in 5 seconds. the height above ground is a quadratic function of the time after the ball is thrown. Write the equation of this function.
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Question 724220: An airplane took 4 hours to fly 600 miles against head wind. The return trip with same wind took one hour. find speed of plane in still air. I have tried d=rt , it didnt work and mutiple formulas and can't figure it out. I would appreciate the help. Thank you.
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Question 724073: Kerry rides a 60km route on his road bike and can average 30km per hour if there is no head or tail wind. For every 5km of wind Kerry's average speed is affected by 1 km/hr. Write a rational function that calculates the time, T, it would take Kerry to ride the 60km route with a wind speed of s. How long would it take Kerry to ride the 60km if he was riding into a 30km/hr headwind? Calculate the speed of the wind if it took Kerry 1hour 42mins to ride the 60km route.
I am completely lost to be perfectly honest. This is a distance/speed/time equation. I believe the speed would equal S-1/5? But honestly I'm not even sure where to begin. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Question 724202: On Peter's summer vacation, he kayaked 1.0 � 106 meters down the Mississippi River. He paddled at a rate of 6.0 � 103 meters per hour. How many hours did he paddle on the river to complete his trip? Round your answer to the nearest 10.
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Question 724347: sandy ran out at 8mph and rode back at 24mph. if the total trip took 8hrs how far did she run and how far did she ride?
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Question 724347: sandy ran out at 8mph and rode back at 24mph. if the total trip took 8hrs how far did she run and how far did she ride?
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Question 724285: harry stopped the car at the main entrance.here we are,exactly seven minutes late.he said this time i avereged 30 miles per hour.last time we did the trip we were five minutes early.and we sarted at the same time this time i avereged 36 miles per hour. what was the distance?
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Question 724382: At 7:00 am a loaded freight train leaves Pittsburgh at 25 mph. At 11:00 am, an amtrak train leaves the same station on a parallel track traveling at 65 mph. How far from the station will both trains be when the amtrak train passes the freight train?
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Question 724396: A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 343 m/sec. When will it be 4900 meters high? I have been trying to help my son with his Algebra. I am having such a hard time. Could some one please show and explain to me an eqation to figure this problem out?
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Question 724399: Two people are 3 1/2 miles apart walking towards each other. Their uniform walking differ by 1 mph. They will meet in 1/2 hour. What is the uniform rate of the slower walker? how much of the distance will he/she travel?
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Question 724419: A projectile is fired upward with an initial velocity of 588 m/sec. After how many minutes will it hit the ground?
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Question 724611: A trucker calculates that if he increased his average speed by 90 km/h,
he could travel his 660-km route in 7 h less time than his usual.
Find his usual speed (km/h).
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Question 724624: A motorboat takes 3 hrs to make a trip downstream with a 6 mph current. Returning from the trip, on the same current, it took 5 hrs. How do I calculate the speed of the boat that's still in the water?

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Question 724633: A ship was traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. It traveled 2,300 kilometers at a rate of 60 kilometers per hour. How long did it take the ship to travel this distance. help now
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Question 724656: if you had to walk to school and it was 100 miles away and you walked at a pace of 2mph how many hours would it take to get there?
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Question 724660: Which equation can be used to find the distance, r, between him and the basket if he were to walk 5 more meters
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Question 724675: If I am in a car traveling 100mph and can throw a baseball 90 mph, will the baseball that I throw from the moving car go 190mph?
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Question 724724: Jim traveled 240 miles east averaging a speed of 60 miles per hour but at one time he slowed down to 20 miles per hours. If the total time traveled was 8 hours, how many miles were traveled at reduced speeds?
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Question 724742: Isabel has ridden 48 miles of a bike course. The course is 80 miles long. What percent of the course has Isabel ridden so far?
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Question 724829: gabe is driving to san francisco at a speed of 48mph If his dad left a hour ealier at a speed of 72mph, how long will it take for gabe's dad to catch him?

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Question 724860: The distance between cities A and B along route 80 is 42 miles, with B to the west of A. At 8:20 a.m. two trucks start driving west via route 80; one from A at 65 mi/h, and the other from B at 58 mi/h. How far away from A are the trucks when they are side by side?
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Question 724890: what equation must i use in order to solve a problem of when two objects will meet when departing from the same point?
~For example~
"If two runners depart from the same point with a time difference of 20 minutes. If the first runner is going 6km/h and the second 8km/h; in how much time will one reach the other?"
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Question 725213: Steve�s canoe goes 14km/hr in still water. He paddled for 2 hours with the current to reach a waterfront bar. Beverly paddled during the return trip against the current and it took 5 hours to get back to where they started. Find the speed of the current.
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Question 725202: a train travels 24 miles in 30 minutes find its average speed.
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Question 725251: Find the average speed for this trip. Round you answer to the nearest mile per hour. Be sure to lable your answer with "mph"
Distance: 140 miles
Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes

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Question 725185: Two dog teams racing the last 77 miles.Team B leaves 13 minutes after Team A.Team A is doing 7 mph.how fast does team B go to pass and get to finish line first.
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Question 725371: using t as the amount of time and d as the distance,what eqation represents the distance traveled by airplane 1 for t hours
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Question 725444: rowing with the current, a canoeist paddled 21 mi in 3 hr. Against the current, the canoeist could paddle only 9 mi in the same amount of time. find the rate of the canoeist in calm water and the rate of the current.

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Question 725532: Sean is driving to visit his friend in another state. In the first hour, he travels 1/5 of the total distance. In the second hour, he travels 34 miles. If he has 194 more miles to go, how far apart do the friends live?
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Question 725531: Sean is driving to visit his friend in another state. In the first hour, he travels 1/5 of the total distance. In the second hour, he travels 34 miles. If he has 194 more miles to go, how far apart do the friends live?
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Question 725772: how do i change 0.107 into a fraction or mixed # in simplest form
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Question 725769: if a car is traveling at a speed of 60 miles per hour (mph) how long would it take the car to reach 250 mph ,how long would it take it to reach 255mph, how long would it take it to reach 266 , and how long would it take to reach 257mph

I would like to thank you for sparing your time to help me and if it is possible, send a response ASPA .... With much graditude -Mikayla Williams
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Question 725778: A car drives at a velocity of 85 m/s for 5 seconds. How far will the car have gone in this amount of time?
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Question 725777: if a car is treavling at a speed of 60 mph how long would it take the car to get to 250mph

fisrt i would like to thank you for your time out to answer this question i really apreciate it
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Question 725780: what is 0.107 as a fraction or mixed # in simplest form

first off i would like to thank you for your time given to answer this question, and second ,if it may be possible, please send the response ASAP -with all graditude Mikayla Williams
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Question 725835: Dan and Jim are driving to the same destination. Dan drives 45mph and leaves 6 minutes ahead of Jim. Jim drives 58mph. How much time will it take Jim to catch up to Dan.
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Question 725867: I forgot how to do the equation in order to figure out these kind of questions):
Alonzo runs 4 miles in 35 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would he run in minutes?
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