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Question 744508: it takes a boat 9 hours to go a distance of 270 miles against the current and 3 hours to make the return trip with the current. Find the rate of the current
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Question 744515: Larry drove 306 miles in 2 hours more than it took Terrell to drive 220 miles. Terrell drove at an average rate of 4 miles per hour faster than Larry. How fast did each one travel?
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Question 744670: How long does it take a car traveling at 62 mph to travel 420 feet?
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Question 744715: Not homework - just curious. If a train is going 50 mph and it takes 17 minutes to pass in front of my at the crossing, how long is the train?
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Question 744771: Hello! I need help on this question. I understand all the speed x time equals distance and so, but i don't quite get this kinds of questions. A man walks to work at 3 1/2 kmph and is one minute late. If he walked at 3 1/3 kmph he would have been three minutes late. What is the distance to his office? Thanks :)
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Question 744844: Leonardo flies from Kansas City to St. Louis in 30 minutes. The air distance is 175 miles. What is the speed of the plane?

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Question 744932: two airplanes start at the same time and fly toward each other from points 200 km apart at rates of 350 km/h and 400km/h when will they meet
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Question 744890: A train is traveling at a constant speed of 45 miles per hour. How far will the train travel in 2.5 hours?

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Question 744941: Jessica and Barbara start running from the same point at 2:00 PM. Jessica runs east at 4 miles per hour and Barbara runs north at 3.5 miles per hour. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far apart are they at 4:15 PM?
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Question 744989: 1) At 6 a.m., a passenger train and a freight train leave stations that
are 360 miles apart and travel toward each other. The passenger train averages twice the speed of the freight train. At 10 a.m., the trains pass each other.

Write and solve an equation to find the average speed of each train
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Question 745040: If i was travelling 39km per hour, how long would it take to reach 600km?
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Question 745031: If i throw a rock at 245 kph with a ceiling of 400 meters how far will it travel?
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Question 744896: Two cars leave an intersection. one travels north; the other car travels west. when the car traveling north had gone 48 miles, the distance between the cars was 8 miles more than three times the distance traveled by the car heading west. find the distance between the cars at that time.

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Question 745117: Megan is going on a long distance road trip. She drives for 14 miles before being able to travel at a constant speed using cruise control. The equation y = 70x + 14 can be used to find her total distance traveled. If y is the total number of miles driven, and x is the number of hours driven after reaching 14 miles, which statement best describes the rate of change in the distance traveled?
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Question 745124: When Mr. Gomez drives his car to work, the trip takes 30 minutes. When he rides the bus, it takes 45 minutes. If his average driving speed is 12 mph faster than the average speed of the bus, find the distance he travels to work.

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Question 745155: With a strong wind behind it, a united airlines jet flies 2400 miles from los angeles to orlando in 4 hours and 45 minutes. the return trip takes 6 hours, as the plane flies into the wind. find the speed of the plane in still air, and find the wind speed to the nearest tenth mile per hour?
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Question 745393: jan hiked up a hill at 4 mi/hr and back down at 6 mi/hr. Her total hiking time was 3 hours. how long did the trip up the hill take her?
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Question 745504: if it takes you 45 seconds to run one block, how fast are you running in miles per hour? (recall that 8 city blocks = 1 mile)
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Question 745494: If i'm traveling 325 mph how many minutes will it take to go a mile?
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Question 745513: THE HEIGHT OF THE ROCKET AFTER t SECONDS WHEN FIRED STRAIGHT UP WITH AN INITIAL SPEED OF 150FT PER SECOND FROM AN INITIAL HEIGHT OF 2 CAN BE MODELED BY THE FUNCTION: s(t)=-16t^2+150t+2
WHEN WILL THE ROCKET BE 300ft?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE Y INTERCEPT
WHEN WILL IT REACH THE GROUND?
I AM UNSURE OF HOW TO START THE PROBLEM. DO I USE THE QUADRATIC FORMULA?

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Question 745522: A 3 lb. bag of grass seed covers a 3000 square foot area. How large an area will a 16 oz. bag of seed cover?

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Question 745526: If a vehicle is traveling 55 mph, how long will it take the vehicle to travel a quarter mile?
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Question 745613: a man drove a distance of 400km.on return journey he drove 10km per hour slower and took two hours more.what was his speed on outward journey

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Question 745874: Jonathan leaves home at 07:45 and arrives at the office at 09:30. The journey is 42 miles
(b)What is his average speed for the journey?(in miles per hour)
i have tried doing distance divided by time but it doesnt work out
42miles divided by 1 and 45/60 = 24 m/per hour im very confused :(
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Question 745986: Shanti drove 78 miles in 1 1/2 hours or (1 and 1 half). At the same rate, how many miles could she drive in 2.5 hours?
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Question 746016: a train takes 2.5 hours to get to 300km. how long will it take to get to 800km?
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Question 746079: if you were going 55 mph and your destination I 220 miles away how many hours would it take.
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Question 746167: Keisha rowed downstream for 5 miles and back upstream for 3 miles. She rowed an average of 3 times the rate of the current. Write an expression for her total time.
This is on combining rational expressions with unlike denominators.
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Question 746294: Sally lives 35 km from her work. On her way to work this morning she averaged 60 km/h. Her average speed for her trip to and from work today was 56 km/h. What was Sally's average speed on her way home from work?

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Question 746313: Leticia can assemble a swing set in 3 hours while Betty can in 5 hours. How long would it take for them to assemble the swing set together?
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Question 746411: if car A is traveling at 88mph and car B passes car A and gets two miles ahead of it. How fast is car B moving?
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Question 746377: how long will it take for a 52 mph car take to catch up to a car at 26 mph if the car at 26 mph had a 2 hour head start

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Question 746429: An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly?
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Question 746437: Two cars leave towns 230 km apart at the same time, traveling towards one another. One car travels 15 km slower than the other. They meet 2 hours later. What are their speeds?
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Question 746464: a car travels at an average speed of 48 mile per hour. how many miles does it travel in 3 hours and 30 minutes
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Question 746374: Distance, d, varies directly as time, t, when speed remains constant. If d is 240 miles when t is 8 hours, what is the constant speed?
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Question 746481: You are traveling and the traffic is terrible. Your average speed is 30mph. Assuming you still have 10 miles to travel and your speed does not change, how long will it take?
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Question 746528: Haley drove 420 miles in 7 hours. How long would it take her to drive 175 miles at the same rate of speed.?.......I haven't had math in 30 years so I was wanted to understand how to do word problems like this.
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Question 746609: If Micheal's car can travel 28 miles with one gallon of gas how many miles can he travel with 16 gallons of gas?

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Question 746316: A ship leaves a port at 12:00 Noon and sails East at speed of 10 miles/hour. Another ship leaves
the same port at 1:00 PM and sails North at a speed of 20 miles/hour. At what time are the two
ships going to be 50 miles apart from each other? (Hint: Distance = Speed * Time)
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Question 746656: A car tire stands about 23 inches tall. The diameter of the tire is 72.22 inches. How far will the tire move if the tire rolls one complete revolution?
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