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Question 814673: bill runs 5 miles in 38 minutes. at the same rate, how many miles would he run in 57 minutes?
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Question 814667: What driving distance would Claudia pay the same amount if one driving company is a down payment of $90 plus $0.10 per mile traveled and the other is a down payment of $75 plus $0.15 per mile traveled.
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Question 814703: two cars star at the same point ˏ and travel opposite direction . ∩ne car
travela 5 miles per hour faster than the othercar .After 4 hours the two cars are
420 miles apart .Find the speed of each car.
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Question 814725: Two cars leave towns 900 km apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One car's rate is 20 km per hour faster than the other's. If they meet in 5 hours, what is the rate of the faster car? Do not do any rounding.
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Question 814661: A ship with a faulty engine sailed 7hrs over a period.of.2days covering 59km.Average speed on the first day was 5km per hour less than the 2nd day but sailed 3hrs longer than on the second day.What is the average speed of 2nd day?
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Question 814764: A car travels 70.8 miles on 3 gallons of gas. Find the distance the car can travel on 14 gallons of gas?
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Question 814817: A red boat and a blue boat are in a race. After 10 minutes, the blue boat is 500 feet ahead of the red boat. If their speeds remain constant, by how many feet is the blue boat leading the red boat after 3 1/2 hours?
I would be so grateful if you could help me with this. My math teacher gives us random word problems without even teaching us the subjects in class, and I can never get them right.
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Question 814860: Two trains leave the same station at the same time, moving in opposite directions. One train averages 95 kilometers per hour and the other averages 115 kilometers per hour. After how many hours will the trains be 525 kilometers apart? Express your answer as a mixed number. Include a formula.
My dad helped me with this problem before he left. He said it will take 2 1/2 hours when the trains are 525 kilometers apart, but I don't know how he got it.
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Question 814866: A man travels 1700 miles on a jet plane and then travels another 300 miles on a propeller plane. The rate of the jet is three times that of the prop. Plane. The total trip took five hrs. What is the rate of the plane?
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Question 814910: If I travel a distance of 233 km at 80 km/h how long will it take me

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Question 814910: If I travel a distance of 233 km at 80 km/h how long will it take me

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Question 814942: how long will it take the cheetah to run a distance of 5 kilometers if it runs at a speed of 25 meters per second?
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Question 814874: The rate of a small aircraft in calm air is 125mph if the wind is currently blowing south at a rate of 10mph how far north can a pilot fly the plane and return it with 2hrs?
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Question 814982: Two vehicles leave the same corner at the same time and travel at a right angle to each other. One vehicle travels 3 kilometers an hour faster than the other. If after one hour the vehicles are 15 kilometers apart, find the rate of each vehicle.
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Question 815021: If it takes Michael 40 minutes to walk to her friend's house one and one fourth miles away, what is her walking pace?
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Question 815087: The total distance an object travels varies directly with the length of time it travels. If an object travels 24 meters in 9 seconds, how long will it take to travel 96 meters?
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Question 815195: A jet travels 4912 miles against the wind in 8 hours and 6192 miles with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 815205: The watson family took 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the fairground. If they traveled 75 kilometres what was their average speed
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Question 815206: The Watson family took 1 hour and 30 minutes to go to the fair ground. If they travelled 75km what was the average speed

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Question 815215: Hi. If I travelled 2950 miles at 70 miles per hour, how long would the journey take?
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Question 815222: if its 4pm and i have thirty minutes to get there and its 40 miles away how fast should i drive

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Question 815208: 1 Jane and Peter leave their home traveling in opposite directions on a straight road. Peter drives 15 miles per hour faster than Jane. After three hours, they are 225 miles apart. Find Peter�s rate and Jane�s rate.

2 Noya drives into the city to buy a computer program. Due to traffic conditions, she averages only 15 mi/h. On her drive home, she averages 35 mi/h. If her total travel time is 2 hours, how long did it take her to drive to the computer store?

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Question 815230: Scientists are studying the temperature on a distant planet. They find that the surface temperature at one location is 25�Celsius. They also find that the temperature decreases by 5�Celsius for each kilometer you go up from the surface. Let represent the temperature (in Celsius), and let be the height above the surface (in kilometers). Write an equation relating to , and then graph your equation using the axes below.
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Question 815256: it took marty 10 seconds to walk 15 feet , how fast was he walking in feet per seciond
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Question 815189: Suppose that a highway rises a distance of 135 feet in a horizontal distance of 2640 feet. Express the grade of the highway to the nearest tenth. -deandrebell314@yahoo.com
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Question 815310: A man has to walk 900 m to the bus station. If he walks at 6 km per hour, what fraction of the distance does he go in 5 minutes?
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Question 815297: A coin is tossed 11 times. What is the probability to get head at 6th and 7th tosses?
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Question 815313: 50km/h to change foot/s unit
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Question 815344: [ Jill goes to work on a commuter train and travels 25 miles. She rides the train back home the same 25 miles. It takes an hour and 50 minutes round trip. The train ride home is 5 mph faster than the one taken to work. How fast are the trains going each way? ]
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Question 815391: Two trains leave towns apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels faster than the other. If they meet in hours, what is the rate of each train?

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Question 815336: It is 2800 miles from new York to London.it takes 7 hours to get to London with the wind and 9 hours on a return trip against the wind. What is the rate of the wind
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Question 815520: How long will it take me to travel 20 miles if I'm going 55 mph
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Question 815565: A train travels 240 miles at a speed of 80 miles/hour. On the way back the train slows down to 40 miles/hour.
What is the overall time the train traveled

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Question 815593: A freight train leaves the station traveling 30km/hr. One hour later, a passanger train leaves the same station on parellel track at 60km/hr. How far from the station does the passanger train overtake the frieght train?
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Question 815628: aircraft covers 2200 ft in one second this is equivalent to how many miles an hour
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Question 815639: The time it takes to fly from Los Angeles to New York varies inversely as the speed of the plane. If the trip takes 6 hours at 900 km/h, how long would it take at 800 km/h
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Question 815697: A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel downstream as to return. If the rate of the current is 8 kph, what is the rate of the boat in still water?
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Question 815696: a crow left Valley College at 2:00 pm and flew straight east at 21 miles per hour. another crow left Valley College at 3:oo pm and flew straight north at 24 miles per hour. how far apart (as the crow flies) are they at 6:00 pm (to the nearest tenth of a mile)
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Question 815732: Two trains with lengths 120m and 80m are moving with velocities 42kmph and 30kmph in opposite directions . Find the time they will completely cross each other.
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Question 815729: two trains 120m & 80m in length are running in opposite direction with velocities 42kmph and 30kmph. In what time will they will completely cross each other?
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Question 815748: An aeroplane took off at 5.20 p.m. and reached its destination 300 miles away at 6.50 p.m.. What was its speed in miles per hour?
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Question 815748: An aeroplane took off at 5.20 p.m. and reached its destination 300 miles away at 6.50 p.m.. What was its speed in miles per hour?
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Question 815769: Carter and his family are driving from Atlanta to Raleigh. They drive for 2 hours and 45 minutes at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. How far did Carter and his family travel in that time?
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