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Question 735779: if a train travels 75 miles in 55 minutes what is the trains speed in miles per minute ?
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Question 735827: Ted and Sue leave a resturant at the same time. Ted drives north at 65 mph while Sue drives south. In 1.5 hours, they are 180 miles apart. How fast has Sue been driving?
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Question 736018: I am a librarian. A patron needs a solution to this problem:
The speed of a boat in still waters is 10 km/h
The boat travels 12 km upstream and 28 km downstream in a total of 4 hours.
What is the speed of the stream?
Thanks
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Question 736050: Kareem runs 4 miles in 30 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would he run in 18 minutes?
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Question 736144: the height , h ,in meters, of a toy rocket at anytime , t ,in seconds during it's flight can be estimated using formula h=-5t^2+23t+10. determine when rocket will fall to the ground. many thanks !
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Question 736194: Dan flew his plane 6300 miles at 700 mph. How long did it take?
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Question 736215: If i run 5 miles and i have 8 water stops how many miles in between each stop. is it 8/5 5/8 3/8 5/3
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Question 736226: If I leave my house at 630am to be somewhere at 9am how long is that drive??
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Question 736232: If Amy rode her bike for 3 kilometers did she ride for more than 3miles

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Question 736253: How much longer it take to travel a distance of 600 km at a speed of 50 km/h than it would at a speed of 60 km/h?
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Question 736270: If you had been able to walk at exactly one meter per second, how much distance would have been between each pair of dots on the tape?
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Question 736297: Lily's family took a motor boat 24 km down a river for a picnic. It took them 1 hr to get to the picnic spot. The ride back to the dock took an hour and a half. What was the average speed at which the river flowed? What would the boat's average speed be on a lake?
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Question 736247: A man drives a car a distance of 200 km at an average speed of 44 km/h. What must be his average speed for the next 220 km if he is to cover the total distance in 9 hours?

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Question 736344: a river boat can travel at 20km per hour in still water. the boat travels 30km upstream against the current then turns around and trevels the same distance back with the current. if the total trip took 7.5 hours, what is the speed of the current?

this is what i`ve got..
Please tell me if I`m wrong...
Thank you
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Question 736351: david canoes upstream a distance of 8 miles and then returns. The round-trip took 5 1/3 hours. The current of the stream was flowing at 2 miles per hour. What was david's canoeing speed?
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Question 736379: if a family travel at a distance of 208 miles, traveling at 60 miles per hour. how long did the journey take?

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Question 736379: if a family travel at a distance of 208 miles, traveling at 60 miles per hour. how long did the journey take?

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Question 736425: A van departs from a rest stop at 9am heading west and travels at an average rate of 40 miles per hour. two hours later a car departs from the same rest stop also heading west and travels at an average rate of 65 miles per hour. at what time will the car catch up to the van and how far will they have traveled at that time?
I need to build an equation, and so far all i have is this;
Rate x Time = Dist
40 x 40x
40-x 2 2(40-x)
this just feels all wrong... 40x + 65(2+x) =

9
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Question 736420: A BOAT TRAVELED 336 MILES DOWNSTREAM AND BACK. THE TRIP DOWNSTREAM TOOK 12HOURS. THE TRIP BACK TOOK 14 HOURS. WHAT IS THE SPEED OF THE BOAT IN STILL WATER? WHAT IS THE SPEED OF THE CURRENT? SOLVE USING A SYSTEM OF TWO EQUATIONS
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Question 736465: Malik drove his car for 45 miles at an average speed of r miles per hour. On the return trip, traffic has increased, and Malik's average speed in 3/4r. The round trip took a total of 1 hour and 45 minutes. Find the average speed for each portion of the trip.
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Question 736483: An L1011 traveled 645 mph with the wind and 575 mph against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 736497: I have to drive the distance of 428 miles. My gas tank holds 18 gallons of gas. I pay $3.99 per gallon of gas. How much will the gas cost me to drive the 428 miles.
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Question 736358: the wheels of a truck travelling at 60 km/h make 4 revolutions per second. What is the diameter of each wheel in metres
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Question 736535: a man runs 3 mph consistently for 42 minutes, how far did he run?
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Question 736612: One dimension of a rectangular map is 8 inches and the perimeter is 40 inches. What is the other dimension of the map?
A.
14 inches
B.
12 inches
C.
4 inches
D.
2 inches
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Question 736608:

Jane hiked 3 5/8 miles. Diana kiked 1 3/4 miles. How much farther did Jane hike than Diana?

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Question 736608:

Jane hiked 3 5/8 miles. Diana kiked 1 3/4 miles. How much farther did Jane hike than Diana?

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Question 736622: The shadow of a flagpole is 40 feet long. At the same time the shadow of a 4 foot tall child is 5 feet long. How tall is the flagpole

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Question 736464: Malik drove his car for 45 miles at an average speed of r miles per hour. On the return trip, traffic has increased, and Malik's average speed is 3/4r. The round trip took a total of 1 hour and 45 minutes. Find the average speed for each portion of the trip.
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Question 736501: mary drove 138 miles one way to visit her mother which took 2 1/2 hours. The return trip took 3 1/4 hours due to more traffic. what was her average speed for the entire trip

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Question 736505: a Kayaker traveled 20km/h into the current and 7/5 the speed with the current, What is the speed of the kayaker in still water and what is the speed of the current?

A motorcycle breaks down and the rider must walk the rest of the way to work. the motorcycle averaged 55mph, and the rider walks at the speed of 5mph. The distance from home to work is 100 miles, and the totale time for the trip was 4 hours. how far did the motorcycle rider walk?
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Question 736711: It takes a high school mathematics teacher 5 hours to make out the semester report cards. What part of the job does she complete in x hours?
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Question 736707: A passenger train travels 392 miles in the same time it takes a freight train to travel 322 miles. The passenger train travels 20 miles per hour faster than the freight train. Find the rate of each.
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Question 736756: Pensacola is 792 miles away from key west . Bus A leaves at 6am and travels at 42 mph . Bus B leaves at 7am and travels at 33 mph . What time and distance from key west, will the two buses meet ?
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Question 736769: A light bulb consumes 960 watt-hours per day. How many watt-hours does it consume in 5 days and 12 hours?
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Question 736769: A light bulb consumes 960 watt-hours per day. How many watt-hours does it consume in 5 days and 12 hours?
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Question 736793: two planes having the same airspeed depart at the same time, flying in opposite directions. one plane flies into 35mph wind, and the other flies in the same direction as the wind. After a period of time, on plane has traveled 460 m an the other has traveled 404 m. let x = airspeed of each plane ( airspeed is the same for each plane)
a) write an expression for the speed of the plane traveling into the wind.
b) Traveling with the wind
c) write an expression for the time the same plane has been in the air when it has traveled 460 m
d) what is the relationship for the times the planes have been in the air
c) write an equation modeling this relationship.
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Question 736842: It took Steve 6 hours to drive to his cousins at a velocity of 90 km/h. If he wants to take 8 hours to make the return trip home , how fast should he drive?
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Question 736876: John drives along a straight motorway at a constant speed for 120km. Next day he completes the same journey travelling 10km/h faster. He completes this journey in 10 mins less than the first journey. find the 2 speeds at which he travelled.
Please help!I know d=s x t.
120=t x s
120= t-10 x s + 10.
Have come up with various answers- none of them right!
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Question 736958: How long will it take 4 workers to complete a task, given that it takes 6 days for 6 workers to complete the same task?

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Question 736961: How long will it take4 workers to complete a task, given that it takes 6 days for 6 workers to complete the same task?

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Question 737002: you complete a road trip of 180 miles in 3 hours. What is your average speed for the trip?
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Question 736957: Henry runs 3 miles in 25minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would he run in 85 minutes ?
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Question 736991: Two escaped convicts are headed east on the railroad tracks. They come to a mile-long tunnel; they have little choice but to enter. They are 0.4 mile into the tunnel when they hear an eastbound train closing in on them from behind. Oh no!
Snap decisions are required. The younger, faster convict decides to run the 0.4 mile back out of the tunnel (even though the train is coming at him!). The older and slower convict decides to run the remaining 0.6 mile to the far end of the tunnel. (He will run away from the train because it gives him more time to escape.)
The fast convict runs at 11 miles per hour; the slower convict runs at 7 miles per hour. The train travels at a steady rate. Each man manages to exit the tunnel at the last possible second. Close calls!
Question: what was the speed of the train?
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Question 736962:
In an electrical circuit, the current passing through a conductor varies inversely with the resistance. Suppose that when the current is 15 A (amperes), the resistance is 18 ohms. What is the resistance when the current is 2A ?
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