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Question 850527: This speed up a freight train is 15 mph slower then the speed of a passenger train. The freight train travels 350 Miles in the same time that it takes the passenger train to travel 450 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 850540: If i drove 67 miles per hour for 5 hours and 14.4 hours, how many miles did i drive after that time?
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Question 850588: if a car travels 30 meters per second for 3 minutes - How many meters are traveled?
I believe the answer is 30 meters times 60 sec. then that answer (1800) times 3 for each minute. I come up with 5400 - but the answer should be 3600 they say -
Thanks for your help!
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Question 850604: my question is a word problem that I can't solve which is this:
Jack usually mows his lawn in 7 hours.Marilyn can mow the same yard in 5 hours. How much time would it take for them to mow the lawn together?

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Question 850539: Mandy leaves home for a walk. How far is she from her home after walking 2 miles due east and then 5 miles due south?
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Question 850664: a train travels 200km in the same time a plane covers 560km. If the speed of the train is 10km per hour less than 3 times the speed of the train, find both speeds.
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Question 850767: Although Jane traveled at 65 miles per hour for the first 130 miles, the complete trip of 490 miles took 11 hours. What was her rate for the last 360 miles?
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Question 850777: Troy worked for 3 hours and 15 minutes. How should he write that on his time card?
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Question 850777: Troy worked for 3 hours and 15 minutes. How should he write that on his time card?
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Question 850822: A car has travelled 40 miles at 40mph.
It started its journey with eight gallons of fuel but its tank has been leaking throughout the journey and is now dry. The car completes 30 miles per gallon. How many gallons of fuel does it leak per hour?
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Question 850865: Fred left Atlanta traveling 65mph. Alyssa, to catch up, left some time later driving 74mph. Alyssa caught up after 9hours. How long was Fred driving before Alyssa caught up?
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Question 850934: If I traveled at 200 km/h. How long would it take me to travel 8 km
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Question 850952: A car travels 20 miles in 30 minutes. At this rate, how far will the car travel in 2.5 hours?
My question for this answer is how is twenty miles in 30 minutes 40 miles in 1 hour? Im a bit confused on the formula its using. The first method i tried using was t= d/s and got the answer of 1 hour, but did not get 40 miles out of it.
Thank you
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Question 850889: with the tailwind a bird flew at ground speed of 3 mph flying the same path against the same wind the bird travels at a ground speed of 1.5 mph what is the birds airspeed what is the wind speed
I have s=3+t but I just don't understand how to write the equations for systems of equations
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Question 850984: If my family leaves at 9:30 in the morning and travels 90 km in one hour. Hire do I calculate the speed we are traveling.
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Question 850910: How long will it take for 184 meters per second to travel 1kilometer?
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Question 851038: James enters a cave and climbs to a height 30 feet above the entrance level. Then he descends 210 feet. How far below the entrance did James go ?
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Question 851036: You plan to drive 180 miles to Boston at an average speed of 60 miles per hour.
What is the distance you travel in meters?
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Question 851034: A boat traveled 3 hours and covered 96 km. Later that day, the boat went another 80 km in 2.5 hours. Find the average speed of the boat.

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Question 851019: If a car passes mile marker 50 in 2 hours and mile marker 200 in 6 hours how many miles per hour is the car traveleing?
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Question 851129: A rectangular field is 125 meters long and the length of one diagonal of the field is 150 meters. What is the width of the field?

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Question 851152: Enrico can paint a house in six days. Albert can paint the same house in nine days. Exactly how many days will it take the, if they work together?
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Question 851233: Two truckers leave Boston at the same time. They take 30 and 8 days respectively, to reach their destination and return to Boston. The truckers take continuous trips to and from Boston. How many days will pass before the two truckers leave Boston on the same day again?
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Question 851229: rain is going to the lake to visit some friends. If they like is 60 miles away, and Rena is driving a 40 miles per hour to the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
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Question 851258: What speed would the cyclist have to go to travel 16 miles in 1 1/2 hours?
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Question 851289: 120 miles per houris the same rate as which of the following

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Question 851320: A train leaves little rock, Arkansas, and travels north at 85 kilometers per hour. Another train leaves at the same time and travels south at 90 kilometers per hour. How long ( hours) will it take before they are 525 kilometers apart?
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Question 851225: the hybrid car costs $30,000, and goes 50 miles/gallon
its regular (non-hybrid) counterpart costs $20,000, and goes 20 miles/gallon
you drive 15,000 miles/year on the average.
how long will it take for you to reach the benefit of the hybrid car
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Question 851510: Two runners one averaging 5 miles per hour and the other one averaging 4 miles per hour, start at the same place and run along the same trail. The slower runner arrives at the end of the trail a half hour after the faster runner. How far did each person run?
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Question 851505: Two cars start at the same time from towns 600 miles apart and drive toward eachother. Because of road conditions, one car drives twice as fast as the other. Find both speeds if they meet after 5 hours.
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Question 851555: Hello, Please help me solve this word problem.
Two cars are travelling towards each other. One is travelling at 60km/hr and the other at 90km/hr. How far apart are they 3 minutes before they meet?
Thank You
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Question 851552: a person walk on � kilometer track seven time, how much he travel?
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Question 851544: Suppose you drive for 60 miles at 60 miles per hour, then for 60 miles at 30 miles per hour. In miles per hour,what is your average velocity?
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Question 851564: At the instant, the traffic light turns green, an automobile starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 2.2 m/s^2. At the same instant a truck traveling with a constant speed of 9.5 m/s, overtakes and passes the automobile a.) How long will it take the automobile to overtake the truck? b.) How far beyond the traffic light will the automobile overtake the truck? c.) How fast will the car be traveling at that instant?
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Question 851595: The radius of a wheel is 27 cm. If the wheel rolls forward through 80 complete revolutions, how far will it have moved, in meters?
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Question 851638: a bridge in a state is 102 feet long. phil started walking across the bridge at the same time. heims speed was 5 feet per minute faster than phils. if heim finished walking across the bridge 2 and 1/2 minutes before phil, find phils average speed per minute.
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Question 851693: If Janet traveled 1,600 miles in 8 hours on a flight to New York, how fast was the plane traveling?
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Question 851855: I am helping my daughter and this problem has us stumped. I believe the formula is t/270 t/450 = 1/t. Any help is appreciated.
A garden hose can fill up a hot tub in 270 minutes, whereas the drain can empty in 450 mins. If the drain is left open how long will it take to fill the tub?
Many thanks,

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Question 851865: I am helping my daughter and this problem has us stumped. I believe the formula is t/270 t/450 = 1/t. Any help is appreciated.
A garden hose can fill up a hot tub in 270 minutes, whereas the drain can empty in 450 mins. If the drain is left open how long will it take to fill the tub?
Many thanks,
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Question 851966: 3Miles from my house to the gas station how many ft are in 3miles
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Question 851948: Mr. Rand took 20 minutes to travel from town A to town B. His average speed was 66 km/hr. Find the distance between the two towns.
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