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Question 817057: Mr. Warren drove from Twonsville to Villaville and back again at the speeds shown. Hit total driving time was 12 hours. How far apart are the two towns?
-----> 70mph
<----- 50mph
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Question 817067: One plane is traveling 3 times as fast as the second plane. After 4 hours they are 736 miles apart. How fast is each plane traveling?
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Question 817082: Mr. Gentz could ride his 10-speed bicycle 4.8 miles to his grandmothers' house in 11 minutes. His return trip home took 14 minutes. The times are different due to there being a slight downhill slope on part of the trip to his grandmothers' house. If Mr. Gentz was able to ride his bike on a perfectly flat surface with no hills, how fast can he travel in Miles/Hour?
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Question 817109: it takes 5 hours for a boat to go a distance of 15 miles against the current and 3 hours in the direction of the current. what is the speed of the boat in stil water and what is the speed of the current

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Question 817143: On a planet, a rock is dropped from the top of a 400-foot cliff. After 1 second, the rock is traveling 26 feet per second. After 3 seconds, the rock is traveling 78 feet per second. Whar is the equation describing the relationship between speed and time?
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Question 817334: a traveler covers a distance of 360 miles in a time of 8 hours. what is the average speed for this trip?
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Question 817334: a traveler covers a distance of 360 miles in a time of 8 hours. what is the average speed for this trip?
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Question 817343: [ If Eric runs 3/4 of a mile every 8 minutes, how much does he run in one hour? What is the unit rate for this problem? ]
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Question 817302: On a given 530 mile trip an SUV averaged 65mph during the first part and 35 mph during the second part. The total time of the trip was 10 hours. In how much time is each part of the trip?
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Question 817479: a motorcycle can be driven 110 miles in 3 hours, how long will it take to travel 125 miles?
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Question 817283: As part of a training program a runner wants to build endurance by running at a rate of 9mph for 40 minutes. How far will he run in that time
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Question 817574: if a train passes as many telephone poles in two minutes as it goes in km/hr, how far apart are the poles?
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Question 817664: Jim had an appointment at 1:00 pm at a location 50 miles from his home. Driving at the speed limit of 30 mph , he arrived 20 minutes late. what time did Jim leave his house?
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Question 817718: plz i want it today before 4 pm Question is

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Question 817803: I just need to know how to find the answer and I need is before 3 today. A submarine that is 7500 meter below sea level surfaces at a rate of 80 meters per minute. The depth of the submarine after m minutes is given by d(m)=-7500+80m.
Give the range of the function. Show your work

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Question 817834: In a race of two cars, the first car travels at a speed of 20 km/hr whereas the second car travels at a speed of 18 km/hr. If the second car arrives 6 minutes later than the first car then, what is the distance of the start to destination?
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Question 817824: A car travels at an average speed of 52 miles per hour. How long does it take to travel 195 miles?
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Question 817829: A scale on a map says that 1 inch represents 60 miles. If the distance between two points on the map is 2 1/2 inches, how many miles are between the two points?
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Question 817856: Two trains leave stations 180 miles apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at 85 miles per hour while the other travels at 65 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to meet?
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Question 817889: two cyclists start from the same point at the same time but went in separate directions. after 6 hours they were 126 miles apart. the rate of the second cyclist was 4 mph faster than the first. how fast was each one traveling
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Question 817878: Balloon trip: A balloonist is trying to complete a nonstop trip around the world. During the course of his trip, he traveled 684 miles over land and 1197 over water. The total trip was 39 hours, he traveled 3 more hours over water than he traveled over land.
A. How long did he travel over land
B. How long did he travel over water
C. How much faster did he travel over water than over land.
Thank you,
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Question 817955: the freight train headed south at 9 a.m. and the express train headed north from the same station at noon. at 3 p.m. the trains were 420 miles apart. What was the speed of each if the speed of the express train was 20 miles per hour greater than the speed of the freight train?
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Question 818068: Two ships are headed toward each other. They are 600 miles apart. The eastward ship is travelling at 10 mph. The westward ship is travelling at 12 mph. If the winds do not interfere with the progress of either ship, about how long will it be before they meet?
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Question 818080: one jet travels 30 mi/h faster than another jet. Both jets left Atlanta, traveling in opposite directions, at 9:00 am. At noon they were 2490 apart. Find their rates.
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Question 817627: Eric cycled from home to school at an average speed of 15 km/h. After school, his uncle drove him home at an average speed of 45 km/h. Given that his trip back home took 1.8 hours less than his trip to school, find the distance between Eric's home and his school.
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Question 818092: Mr. Snorkel drove 169 miles in 3 hours and 30 minutes how many miles did he travel in one hour?

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Question 818119: what is the average speed of a car that makes a 300 miles trip in 5 hour?

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Question 818165: A can can travel 280 miles on 11.8 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons would be needed to travel 400 miles
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Question 818151: A cyclist traveled 60 mi at a constant rate before reducing the speed by 7 mph. Another 40 mi was traveled at the reduced speed. The total time for the 100-mile trip was 9 h. Find the rate during the first 60 mi.
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Question 818145: Cassandra drives 65 miles per hour on the highway. How many feet per second is she driving?

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Question 818114: [ How many hours will a car traveling at 40 miles per hour be driven before being overtaken by another car leaving from the same place one hour later traveling at 50 miles per hour? ]
I also need a formula for this problem.
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Question 818258: A car is stopped on a road. Another car hits the car from behind and pushes the stopped car to 20 mph. How fast was the moving car going? The car hit did not Apply brakes.
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Question 818271: If a dog can run 10feet in 1/5th of a second how many feet can he run in 20 seconds
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Question 818271: If a dog can run 10feet in 1/5th of a second how many feet can he run in 20 seconds
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Question 818271: If a dog can run 10feet in 1/5th of a second how many feet can he run in 20 seconds
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Question 818293: A certain airplane flies 250 mph in still air. on a windy day, this plane flew 16 miles into the wind in the same amount of time that it flew 54 miles with a tailwind. Find the speed of the wind.
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Question 818366: A rectangular room is twice as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 60 meters. Find the width of the room.
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Question 818369: Jenna went on a 90 mile trip to a soccer game. On the way back, due to road construction she had to drive 25 miles per hour slower. This made the trip take 15 hours longer. How fast did she drive to the soccer game?
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Question 818371: Devante flies a plane against a headwind for 3168 miles. The return trip with the wind took 18 hours less time. If the wind speed is 9 mph, how fast does Devante fly the plane when there is no wind?
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Question 818349: Pam and Sue are both driving. After 4 hours, they are 440 miles apart. Pam is driving 10mph faster than Sue, how fast is Sue driving?
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Question 818402: Two search and rescue teams leave base at the same time looking for a lost boy. The first team on foot, heads north at 2mph; and the other, on horseback, head south at 4mph. How long will it take them to search a combined distance of 21 miles between them?

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Question 818262: Hartford,Connecticut and Topeka, Kansas are roughly 1260 miles apart. If it took 3 hours and 20 minutes for a plane to fly into the wind from Hartford to Topeka, and 2 hours for a plane to make the return trip with the wind, what was the air speed of the plane and what was the speed of the wind??
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