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Question 762352: rahul runs 420 metres in 48 seconds .what distance will he cover in 12 seconds.
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Question 762393: Two train start at the same station. Train A travel at a speed of 92km/h while Train B travels at a speed of 82km/h. If the two train move in an opposite direction, how far apart each other after 1hr? If the two train moves in a same direction how far apart each other after 2hrs?
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Question 762353: A car is travelling at an average speed of 86 km/h. How far has it travelled after 2 hours 25 minutes?
Use the Distance-Speed-Time Triangle.
Round to 1 decimal place and round time to nearest minute if needed.
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Question 762423: if you travel from point a to point b at 20 miles an hour and you return at 40 miles an hour what is your ave speed?
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Question 762519: If a car gets 24 miles to the gallon and your destination is 1000 miles away how much money would u need if it cost 40 dollars to fill the tank
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Question 762598: A car travels 231 miles in 3.5 hours. What is its average speed?
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Question 762705: a train travels at a constant speed of 35m/s. calculate:
a)how far it travels in 20s
b) how long it takes to travel a distance of 1400m
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Question 762735: a man drives his car 172 miles in 4 hours at this rate how far will he travel in 7 hours ? I don't understand it at all help ???
please show steps in solving
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Question 762802: Carlisle and Springfield are 100 miles apart. If a car and a train leave Carlisle at the same, and the car travels at a rate of 25mph faster than the train, find the speed of the train if the car takes 2 hours less than the train to Springfield.
Can't even figure out where to start, should I be using a quadratic equation? Thank you so much!
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Question 762811: a man can row 20 km downstream in the time it takes him to row 8 km upstream. he rows downstream for 1 and 1/2 hours, then turns and rows back for 3 hrs, but he finds that he will still 3 km from his starting place. find the rate of the man in still water and the rate of the stream.
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Question 762824: In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed 6m apart in straight line, the first being 10m apart from a basket. A runner starts from the basket and puts one potato at a time in the basket.
What is the distance covered in order to put the last potato in the basket?
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Question 762850: a jeepney driver drives faster and faster backwards on a straight road from 3 m/s to 12 m/s in a time interval of 25. determine its acceleration?

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Question 762885: Two cars A & B start from the same point at the same time and travel along straight roads that form 60� with each other. After 2 hours, car A has traveled 120km and car B traveled 100km. How far apart are the cars after two hours?
(Please Show Step)
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Question 762927: the fares train ride cover is a distance up 3 miles in 20 minutes what is the speed for the ride in miles per minute.

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Question 762927: the fares train ride cover is a distance up 3 miles in 20 minutes what is the speed for the ride in miles per minute.

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Question 762949: If I get in a car and do 1000miles and I get a plain and travel 1000miles
What one of them would have traveled the most distance the car or plain
Taking in to consideration nortical miles!?
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Question 762998: an object starting from rest travels 20 m in first 2 sec and 160m in next 4 sec. what will be the velocity after 7 sec from the start
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Question 763044: Timothy drove to the mall, which is ten kilometers away. It took him 1/3 hour to arrive. What was his average driving speed?
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Question 763044: Timothy drove to the mall, which is ten kilometers away. It took him 1/3 hour to arrive. What was his average driving speed?
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Question 763054: a train accelerates from 36 km/h to 72 km/h in 20 seconds find the distance travelled meritnation
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Question 763093: How much gas will it take if I am driving 400 miles with a 21 mpg gas tank?
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Question 763101: I need to figure out how to solve this problem step by step. Please.
"Buried treasure. Ahmed has half of a treasure map,which indicates that the
treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the
other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must
get to Castle Rock, walk x paces to the north, and then walk 2x + 4 paces to the
east. If they share their information, then they can find x and save a lot of
digging. What is x?" It says to write the equation first by inserting the given
binomials into the Pythagorean Theorem. I am supposed to base it off the
dimensions of a right triangle.I have no idea how to do this problem. Please
help if possible. Thank you''.

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Question 763032: in what ratio must tea costing P24 per kg be mixed with tea costing P34 per kg so that a profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at P36 per kg?
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Question 763151: a man left his house at 7:00 AM and traveled at an average aped of 60kph. He arrived at his office 10 minutes before the time he was expected to report. Had he left at 7:25 AM and traveled at an average speed of 75kph, he would have arrived 5 minutes after the expected time. How far his office from his house and at what time is was he expected to report?
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Question 763171: Two cars leave the lot at the same time.
One travels WEST at 45 mph.
The other travels SOUTH at 55 mph.
How long until they are 150 miles apart?
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Question 763146: what is the distance traveled by at 7sec?

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Question 763152: a road is 300 miles long. A car, A, starts at noon from one end and goes throughout at 50 mph, and at the same time another car, B, going uniformly at 100 mph, starts from the other end together with a fly travelling 150 mph. when the fly meets car A, it immediately turns and flies towards B. the fly then continues flying backwards and forward between A and B until it crushed between two cars. What is the total distance travelled by the fly?
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Question 763248: If Two planes are headed towards each other at a speed of 450 miles per hour, and are 45 miles apart. How long would it take for the two planes to reach each other?
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Question 763243: At a river resort, you rent a motor boat for a sight seeing trip. You travel upstream at 9kph and return traveling downstream at 12mph. The whole trip lasts 3.5 hours. How far from the the resort did you travel before turning back?
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Question 763148: man A set out from a certain point and travelled at the rate of 6 kph. After A had gone 2 hrs, another man B set out to overtake him and went 4km the 1st hour, 5km for the second hour, 6 km for the 3rd hour and so on gaining 1 km every hour. After how many hours will they be together?
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Question 763222: Wile E. Coyote is standing on a springboard atop a high cliff. Roadrunner drops a boulder on the other end of the springboard, sending Wile up with an initial velocity of 4ft/sec. At what time will he land in the river, 120 feet below the cliff? (h=-16t^2+VoT+S where Vo is the initial velocity, s is the initial height, and t is time)
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Question 763340: Alvin can go upstream at a rate of 20 miles per hour and downstream at a rate of 30 miles per hour. One day while Alvin was on the river, he received a call telling him he needs to turn around and come home. So he turned around and went back to his starting point. If his entire trip took 10 hours, how far did he travel on the river?
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Question 763349: If Two train start at the same time and are travelling at 35kmph and 28kmph in a parallel track when will they meet.
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Question 763339: Tom and Gary are leaving the same town for a meeting in different cities. However, they have not quite finished discussing a business plan. Tom must leave 1 1/2 hours earlier then Gary to make his meeting. Tom heads east on a train at 55 miles per hour. Gary heads west on a train at 70 miles per hour. How long can they talk on their phones if the phones have a range of 276.25 miles?
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Question 763368: Two bikers ride away from each other in perpendicular paths.One biker rides 1 km/h faster than the other.They are 6km apart after one hour . Find the rate at which each person was biking /give answer to the nearest tenth
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Question 763338: A family goes on a vacation to a water park. During the drive to the water park the weather caused the family to average 36 miles per hour. After their vacation the weather improved, so they could average 80 miles per hour on the return trip. If the distance each way was equal , and the entire time driving was 2.9 hours, find the distance one way to the water park.
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Question 763423: A car is traveling at a speed of 63 kilometers per hour. What is the car's speed in meters per second? How many meters will the car travel in 10 seconds? Do not round your answers.
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Question 763467: Two friends decide to meet in Chicago to attend a Cubs baseball game. Rob travels 174miles in the same time that Carl travels 156miles Rob's trip uses more interstate highways and he can average 6 mph more than Carl. What is Rob's average speed?

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Question 763584: two aircraft start from the same point at the same time flying in opposite directions. The faster aircraft travels twice as fast as the other one. After 5 hours of travel they are 1500 miles apart. find the average speed of each aircraft
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Question 763568: if i am going 25 miles per hour how long would it take me to go 11 miles?
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Question 763567: Two cars pass on a straight highway while traveling in opposite directions. One car is traveling at 6 miles per hour faster then the other car. After 1.5 hours the two cars are 171 miles apart....Find the speed of each car.
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Question 763592: Please help me with the question
The distance between the bases on Max's baseball field is 118ft. Ashley made a throw from the home plate to first base to get Mark out and Salley threw direclty to third base to get sam out. How far did the ball travel in those two throws?
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Question 763519: the speed of a freight train is 12km/h slower than the speed of a passenger train the freight train travel 348km in the same time it takes the passenger train to travel 420 km find the speed of the freight train
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