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Question 766264: Michelle drove up the road on a mountain at 10 mph and returned at 15 mph. The entire trip took 1 hour. How far did she drive in all?
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Question 766267: A car leaves a station, traveling west at 55 mph. A truck leaves the same station one hour later, traveling west on the same road at 65 mph. How long does it take for the truck to pass the car?
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Question 766272: A local train leaves a city, traveling east at 70 km/h. One hour later, an express train leaves the same station on a parallel track at 120 km/h. How far from the city will the trains meet?
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Question 766276: "At midnight, two planes are 500 miles apart flying towards each other. One plane is traveling 350 miles per hour, the other, 425 miles per hour. At what time will they pass each other?" I want to know how to solve this types of questions Thank You
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Question 766317: Jim's speed for most of his 300 mile road trip was 65 mph. When traveling over icy mountain passes his speed slowed to 40 mph. If the total time of the trip was 5 hours, how many miles were driven at 65 mph?
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Question 766342: 0.1 miles in 140 seconds is how many mph?
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Question 766342: 0.1 miles in 140 seconds is how many mph?
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Question 766469: When a crew rows with the current, it travels 18 miles in 2 hours. Against the current, the crew rows 5/9 of the distance in 2 hours. Let x=the crew rowing rate in still water and let y=the rate of the current. Find the rate of rowing in still water and the rate of the current.
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Question 766403: train travels @ a force of 4000 joules per second and it takes 8 hourz for it to reach its destination who iz driving the train
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Question 766526: Jose can drive three times as fast as Manuel can ride his bicycle. If it takes Manuel 2 hours longer than Jose to travel 36 miles, how fast can Manuel ride his bicycle.
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Question 766435: A boat leaves port and sails in still water at 5.6 mph for 3.5 hours. The boat then turns at a 57� angle and sails at 4.9 mph for 4.25 hours. If the boat turns and heads directly for port at 6 mph, how long will it take it to reach port?

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Question 766530: Cara and Craig working together can weed the garden in 6 hours. Working alone Craig takes 3 times as much as Cara. How long does it take Kara to weed the garden alone
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Question 766540: please help I'm so frustrated. Pablo can drive 6 times as fast as Carlos can ride his bicycle. If it takes Carlos 4 hours longer than Pablo to travel 24 miles, how fast can Carlos ride his bicycle?
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Question 766497: A boat goes 150 miles downstream in the same time it can go 120 miles upstream. The speed of the current is 6 miles per hour. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Question 766579: if a car is moving at a speed of 2/m per second and another car which is behind is moving at a speed of 2m per second after how much time will they crash
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Question 766531: When a bus moving at the speed is 50 km/hr,please tell me what is the wind velocity at the front glass?
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Question 766618: I cant seem to figure out how to set up and solve this problem.
A man in a desert at point A and wants to go to point B. He can drive over the sand at only 2 miles per hour. Once he reaches the road, he can drive 20 miles per hour. what route will minimize his time of travel?
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Question 766551: The perimeter of a triangle ABC is 400 cm. if angle A is 30 degree and angle B is 58 degree. Find the measure of side AC.
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Question 766684: two air planes leave at the same time traveling in the same direction. At six hours they are 1530 miles apart. 1st plane is 4 times faster than the 2nd plane. I am to find how fast each plane is going. "??????"
I can not get anywhere with this problem. plane A is 4X and plane B is X. I do not know distance except for they are 1530 apart after 6 hours. I am stuck.
No help from my math book and this problem is due by tomorrow. Help!!!
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Question 766707: Along a road, spot X and spot Y are 1150m apart. Ann walks along the road from X to Y at 2/3 m/s. Yohan walks along the same road from Y to X at 1.25m/s. both start walking at the same time.
A) how many mins later will they meet ?
B) how far is their meeting point from X?
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Question 766733: If a train is traveling at 100mph and a person runs down the train at 10mph, how fast is the person going?

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Question 766803: The Height of a projectile above the ground is described by the function P(t)=-16t^2+640t
-When will the projectile get back to the ground, height = 0?
-When will the projectile be 3696 feet above ground?
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Question 766801: liza and tanya leave the same camp and run in opposite direction. liza run at 2m/sec and tanya at 3m/sec. how far apart are they after one hour ?
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Question 766814: bob hopped on a train in Bedford. The train traveled at 45 MPH from Bedford to Middleton. The trip took 40 minutes. About how far away is Middleton from Bedford

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Question 766819: how long will it take to go 3 miles at 26 mph.
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Question 766821: how long will it take to go 24 miles at 20 mph
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Question 766833: If an object is dropped, the distance it falls is given by d=t2, Find the distance an object would fall in 4 seconds?

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Question 766839: During my trip to work, I spent 3/4 of the time driving on the highway, during which I covered 5/6 of the distance. My average speed on the highway was 60 miles per hour. What are the possible values of my average speed, in miles per hour, during the time I was not on the highway?
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Question 766841: I drove to my parents house at 60 miles per hour. If I had driven 50 miles an hour instead, then I would have gotten there 40 minutes later. How many miles did I drive?
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Question 766918: If I was travelling 5km in 6 minutes how fast am I travelling?
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Question 766909: How many mph am I going if I go 3/8 of a mile in 19 seconds?
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Question 766909: How many mph am I going if I go 3/8 of a mile in 19 seconds?
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Question 766882: Carol drove for 3 hours on a two-lane state road. She then increased her speed by 25 miles per hour on the freeway and drove for 6 more hours. If the total trip was 510 miles, then what was her speed on the freeway?
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Question 766914: Airplane A travels 1400km at a certain speed. Plane B travels 1000km at a speed 50 km/h faster than plane A in 3 hrs less time. Find the same speed of each plane.
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Question 766942: It takes Chrissy 35 mins to drive to work when she drives 50 miles per hour how long will it take if she drives 10 miles per hour?

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Question 767078: distance travelled by a freely falling in the last second of it's motion, to that in the last but one second is 7:5, the velocity with which body strikes the ground

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Question 767080: An athlete threw a ball from 2 ft. above the ground at a velocity of 100 feet per second (ft/s) and at an angle of 45 degress with respect to the ground. The path of the ball is given by the function f(x) = -0.0016x^2+x+2, where f(x) is the height of the ball (in feet) and x is the distance traveled by the ball from the postition of the athlete. What is the maximum height reached by the ball?
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Question 767087: How long will 61km take only going 45mph
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Question 767121: a boat traveling at a constant speed goes 45 miles with the current, then turns around and travels for 50 miles against the current. if the speed of the current is 5 mph and the total time for the trip was 4 hours, find the speed of the boat on calm water
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Question 767082: suppose you start 35 miles south of new york city and travel north at a rate of 70mph.
write an equation that gives your distance north of new york after x hours

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Question 767189: a bus travels first half of its journey with a speed of 40km/hr and in next half with a speed of 60km/hr. what is the average speed of he bus.?

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Question 767076: i worked from home to school at the speed of 30m/min my brother who started the journey 15min latter walked the same route at a speed of 50m/min, both of us arrived school the same time. how far is is our home from school?
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