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Question 839423: Emma and her mother jog around a mile-long circular path in opposite directions. They begin at the same place and time. Emma jogs at a pace of 4mi/h, and her mother runs at 6mi/h. In. How many minutes will they meet?
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Question 839479: I am trying to help my daughter do her homework and it has been decades since I have done some of this. We are having a problem with a distance word problem.
As a part of her training routine for basketball, Shaylee alternates between cycling and running. She cycles at a rate of 12mph and runs at a rate of 8mph. If she spends 5.5 hours and covers 50 miles, how much time did she spend on each exercise.
Many thanks in advance,

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Question 839454: A freight train leaves the train station 2 hours before a passenger train. the two trains are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. if the rate of the passenger train is 40 mph faster than the freight rain, how fast is each train traveling if the passenger train passes the freight train in 2.5 hours
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Question 839515: a car traveling at 45 miles per hour. How many feet per minute is this rate?
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Question 839512: a car traveling at 45 miles per hour. How many feet per minute is this rate?
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Question 839520: how many meters will a cyclist traveling at a speed of 18 kilometers travel in 20 seconds

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Question 839518: suppose two trains leave a station at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. one train travels 20 mph faster than the other. in 4.5 hours, the trains are 486 miles apart. find the speed of each train
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Question 839516: you travel 350 miles in the same amount of time it takes a friend to travel 400 miles. your friends average speed is 4 miles per hour greater than your average speed. find your friends average speed
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Question 839510: a boat travel 6 miles upstream in the same amount of time it can travel 10 miles downstream. If the speed of the current is 2 mph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 839628: An airplane flies eastward through still air with a velocity of 185 km/hr. Suddenly a tail wind blows with a velocity of 9 km/hr eastward. What is the resultant velocity of the airplane?
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Question 839655: what is your average speed if you travel 30 kilometres in 10 minutes .
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Question 839726: write an equation to determine what time is in New York City if it is 1 pm in Dallas

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Question 839777: A car traveled 468 mi at a certain speed. If the speed had been 13 mph faster, the trip could have been made in 3 hr less time. Find the speed.
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Question 839762: How long would it take to travel 100km at 90km per hour? And how do you figure that out
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Question 839577: how long would it take to walk 900 km going a speed of 5km/h for 10 hours a day
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Question 839942: A boat takes 8 hours to go 6 miles upstream and come back to the starting point. If the speed of the boat is 4 miles per hour in still water, what is the rate of the current?
Hint: total time taken = time taken to go upstream + time taken to go downstream
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Question 840022: Therese, an outside salesperson, uses her car for both business and pleasure. Last year, she traveled 30,000 miles, using 900 gallons of gasoline. Her car gets 40 miles per gallon on the highway and 25 in the city. She can deduct all highway travel, but no city travel, on her taxes. How many miles should Therese be allowed as a business expense?
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Question 840065: a streamer goes 60 miles in 4 hours. the return trip takes two hours longer. what is the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water
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Question 840074: crankshaft drives his car certain distance at60 mph, and arrives at his destination one hour earlier than if he had driven at50 mph. how far did he drive
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Question 840102:
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Question 840109: On Wednesday mrs h ran on the treadmill for 40 minutes. She only went 2.5 miles. If she runs at this same rate how long will it take her to run 13 miles?
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Question 840088: Hi. Can you please help me solve this problem? Jimmy can ride 7 km on his bicycle going to school at the same time it takes him to walk 3 km. If his riding rate is 2 kph faster than his walking rate, how fast does he walk?
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Question 840153: A man drove North on Main Street for 1,200 m. He then turned and drove South on Main Street for 1,800 m. His motion took 200 seconds.
A) What was the distance that the man traveled?
B) What was the mans displacement?
C) What was the mans speed?
D) What was the mans velocity?
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Question 840189: Two joggers start at the same point and travel in opposite directions. One travels 1 mph faster than the other. In 3 hrs. they are 21 miles apart. Find out how fast each is traveling.
I need help setting this up into two equation i tired it and got 1.16mph for the faster jogger and .16 mph for the slower one. im not sure if im right so please help.
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Question 839882: if a airplane travels 110 mph for 5 hours what is the total distance traveled
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Question 839589: 12:30::18:?
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Question 840293: Josiah can run 1 1/3 miles on 1/4 hour.Find his average speed in miles per hour

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Question 840307: JANE TRAVELED 42 MILES IN 30 MINUTES GIVE HER SPEED IN MILES PER HOUR
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Question 840318: Two cars start at the same point, at the same time, and travel in opposite directions. In how many hours will the cars be 232 miles apart if the slower car travels at 26 miles per hour, and the faster car travels at 32 miles per hour?

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Question 840279: can you travell at a speed of 4800 km an hour and what would this be in mph? solve without a calulator.
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Question 840399: I have gone 12 miles in 2 hours and 40 minutes,what is my average rate of speed?
fast am I going?
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Question 840461: Two drivers leave Columbus heading west on I70 towards Indianapolis. The first one leaves at 7am, and travels at an average speed of 60mph. The second leaves at 8am and travels at an average speed of 65mph. How long will it take the second driver to catch up to the first one?
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Question 840483: One evening Ameal and Hana both drive to a concert in a city that lies between their hometowns. Together they drive a total of 333 miles to the concert. Amal drives an average of 5 miles per hour faster than Hana. If Amal and Hana both arrive at the concert after 3 hours, what is the average speed of Amal's car?
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Question 840401: At the beginning of a fundraiser walk, Barry and Dave are 30 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and walk in the same direction, Barry would overtake Dave in 15 hours. If they walked toward each other, they would meet in 3 hours. What are their speeds?
Rate Time Distance
Barry
Dave
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Question 840554: Find the average rate of speed for the entire trip if a car travels for 1 hour at 30 mph and 2 hours at 36 mph.
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Question 840534: A car is driven 3 hours at a certain speed, and then the speed is increased by
10 miles per hour for the next 2 hours. If the total distance is 250 miles, what
are the two rates?

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Question 840545: If a model car travelled 15 meters in 5 seconds, how fast was it travelling?
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Question 840545: If a model car travelled 15 meters in 5 seconds, how fast was it travelling?
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Question 840583: Ben left his house and traeled for 1 hour and 20 min. Arrived at grandmother's house at 1:50 p.m. What time did Ben leave his house?

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Question 840254: Teresa rode 6 7/10 miles on her bike in one hour. If she continues at this pace, how far could she ride in 5 hours?
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Question 840608: Against the wind a small plane travels 175 miles in 1 hour and 10 minutes. The trip back only took 50 minutes. What was the speed of the wind? What was the speed of plane in still air?
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Question 840611: Norah is driving on the highway at a constant speed of 75 miles per hour. Which equation represents the distance she has traveled in miles, d, after a period of time in hours, t?
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Question 840623: if a car leaves at 7:35 A.M. in Seattle while going 50 mpg what time will the time be when they get to San Francisco
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Question 839823: Jason drove 3/5 of the way to his vacation spot.He drove the 25 miles before lunch. How many more miles does he have to drive to reach his destination? plz help me

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