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Question 809944: If I have travelled 20 km an hour for 50 seconds how much metres did I cover?
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Question 810012: Any help is appreciated, I cant seem to set this up correctly, even using excel I do not get the correct answer.
Sandy rides her bike at a speed of 5 feet a second and Danny rides his bike at a speed of 10 feet a second. If Sandy gets a 90 second head start, how many seconds will Sandy ride her bike before Danny catches up to her?
Thanks so much for any help!!
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Question 810033: how do you solve
d=,r=45mi/h,t=5h

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Question 810034: An eagle leaves its nest in New York City and flies 7 km due east. The eagle then flies 5 km due north. How far is the eagle from its nest? If necessary round to the nearest tenth.
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Question 810058: The current of a river is 4 miles per hour. A boat travels to a point 30 miles upstream and back in 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

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Question 810056: A Ferrari travels 250 km in 1.5 hours. Approximately how fast is it going?
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Question 810069: the speed of a stream is 2mph. A boat travels 7 miles upstream in the same time it takes 11 miles downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water
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Question 810092: Plane A leaves Los Angeles for New York at 500 mph, and at the same time plane B leaves from New York for Los Angeles at 650 mph. Assume the distance from Los Angeles to New York is 3000 miles, how long it will take them to meet?
A. 2 hours
B. 2.6 hours
C. 3.2 hours
D. 4 hours

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Question 810126: Train A leaves the station traveling east at 45 mph while train B leaves the station 30 minutes later traveling west at 65 mph. Choose the equation below that represents the distance in miles between the two trains, D, as a function of T, the time in hours after train B has departed.
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Question 810142: if a car travels 35 miles in 30 minutes what is the rate the car is traveling
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Question 810159: John rows his canoe due east across a river at 5.5 miles per hour. If the river is flowing south at 4 miles per hour, find John�s direction.
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Question 810198: Jill starts at city A and travels toward city B at 50 miles per hour. At the same time, Russ starts at city B and travels on the same highway toward city A at 52 miles per hour. How long will it take before they meet if the two cities are 459 miles apart
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Question 810223: If you are traveling at 55 miles per hour, what formula would you use to find the distance you will travel over variuos time intervals?

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Question 810238: Its more of time I was wondering is 250 minutes the same as 2 hours and 30 minutes

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Question 810217: A car travels at an average speed of miles per hour. How many miles does it travel in hours and minutes?
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Question 810245: Train A has a speed 20 miles per hour greater than that of train B. If train A travels 230 miles in the same times train B travels 190 miles, what are the speeds of the two trains?

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Question 810303: A cabin cruiser leaves a harbor and travels to a small island at an average speed of 24 mph. On the return trip, the cabin cruiser travels at an average speed of 16 mph. The total time for the trip is 4 hours. How far is the island from the harbor?

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Question 810315: A train running between two towns arrives at it's destination 10 mins late when it travels at a constant rate of 40 mph and 16 mins late when it travels at a constant rate of 30 miles per hour. What is the distance, in miles, between the two towns?
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Question 810347: two trains are 550 miles apart heading toward each other on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling east at 35 miles per hour, while train B travels west at 45 miles per hour. When will the trains meet each other in their respective tracks?
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Question 810352: If a train is traveling at 115 MPH, how long will it take to travel 50 miles?
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Question 810351: Jane travels 2 times faster than Brenda. Traveling in opposite directions, they are 252 miles apart after 3.5 hours. Find their rates of travel
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Question 810424: Dale is on his way home in his car. He has driven
30
miles so far, which is five-sixths of the way home. What is the total length of his drive?
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Question 810437: a train cover s distance in 50 mins , if it runs at a speed of 48kmph .the speed at which must run to reduce the time to 40 mins ?
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Question 810490: angela drove 20 miles in 25 minutes. how long do it take her to drive 1 mile ?

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Question 810512: On a weekend outing, carlos rents a motorboat for 8 hrs to travel down the river and back. the rental operator tells him to go for 3 hrs downstream, leaving 5 hrs to return upstream.
If the river flows at a speed of 7mph how fast must Carlos travel in order to return in 8 hrs?
How far downstream did carlos go before he returned back?
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Question 810521: Daniel leaves school and runs 5 miles to his friend's house where he had left his bike the previous day. After picking up his bike, he then rides a distance of 2 miles to his home. His running speed is 3 mph slower than his biking speed. His total running and biking time is 2 hours. What is Daniel's biking speed?
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Question 810595: The Davis family traveled 35 miles in hour. If it is currently 2:00 P.M. and the family�s destination is 245 miles away, at what time will they arrive? Explain how you solved the problem.

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Question 810562: How long does it take to go 1km at 2.5 mph
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Question 810632: in 5 hours how far can a car go and return if the average speed going is 48 mph and the average speed returning is 52 mph.
Can u pls draw a table how u worked it out and also a diagram pls thank you
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Question 810417: a car travels at constant speed from q to r , a distance of 300 km apart . if the driver increases the speed by 5 km/hr , the journey will take 2 hours less .find the original speed of the car.
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Question 810643: When driving to the beach, you drive 240 miles on 9 gallons of gas. When you arrive at the beach you fill up your gas tank. While there you drive 130 miles and use 5.8 gallons of gas. Round answers to 2 decimal places.
What was your gas mileage driving to the beach?
What was your gas mileage during your stay at the beach?
Did you get better gas mileage driving to the beach or during your stay?

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Question 810298: two cars travel towards each other on a 100 km stretch of road one at 80 km per hour and one at 70 km per hour, how long till they meet
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Question 810416: a car travels at constant speed from q to r , a distance of 300 km apart . if the driver increases the speed by 5 km/hr , the journey will take 2 hours less .find the original speed of the car.
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Question 810300: if it takes 30 minutes to get to place that is 19 miles away, how long would it take if you were to walk the 19 miles?
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Question 810676: A passenger train leaves Charleston, WV, heading east at the same time a loaded coal train leaves Charleston heading west. The passenger train travels 23 mph faster than the coal train, and in 4 hours the two trains are 412 miles apart. What is the speed of each train
Can u please do guess and check
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Question 810745: 248 tickets were sold activity card holders tickets cost $1.25, non activity car holders cost $2.25. amount collected $512.00. How many of each tickets were sold?
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Question 810727: A train leaves a station and travels north at 75KM/hr. Three hrs later a second train leaves on a parallel track and travels at 115 km/hr
How far from the station will they meet?
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Question 810764: If a car travels at 120 mph, how far will it go in 150 minutes?
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Question 810767: a man rides a bus part of the way to work and walks the rest of the way. bus averages 37mph and walks 5 mph distance to work is 28 mi total time is 2 hrs.how far does he walk, how far does he ride.
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Question 810771: Ricky drove from Town A to Town B in 3 hours. His return trip from Town B to Town A took 5 hours because he drove 15 miles per hour slower on the return trip. How fast did Ricky drive on the trip from Town A to Town B?
Please explain step by step. I am having a really hard time grasping distance problems. I know d=rt. I was thinking something like 3x and 5x-15 but I'm just not sure how to set it up. PLEASE help.
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Question 810778: Mike and Sandra leave their house. Mike travels northward for 4 miles to get to his job, and Sandra travels west for 3 miles to get to her job. Find out how many miles apart they work. (a sketch of the situation may be helpful)
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Question 810777: 3. While traveling on the turnpike, a 2004 hybrid car traveled 260 miles on 3.5 gallons of gas. How much gas will be used to travel 350 miles on the turnpike?
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Question 810772: Ricky drove from Town A to Town B in 3 hours. His return trip from Town B to Town A took 5 hours because he drove 15 miles per hour slower on the return trip. How fast did Ricky drive on the trip from Town A to Town B?
Please explain step by step how you get the answer, I am having a really hard time grasping distance problems. I know d=rt. I was thinking something like 3x and 5x-15, but I'm not sure how to set it up. PLEASE help me. And any tips you have for distance problems would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. :)
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