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Question 877684: if a wheel of a car travels a distance of 30 km in one hour ,how much distance the car wil travel in one hour.
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Question 877708: A car travels 990km distance in 18 hours. How much it travelled in 1 hour?
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Question 877706: I recently jumped out of an airplane. While decending I traveled at a speed of 110 MPH for 48 seconds. What distance did I fall?
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Question 877833: Is fifty miles per hour faster than fifty kilometers per hour?
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Question 877853: justin runs 3 miles in 25 minutes. at the same rate, how many miles would he run in 20 minutes

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Question 877845: if steve ran a distance of 150 meters in 1 minute and thirty seconds what is his speed in meters per hour?

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Question 877871: I went cross-country skiing in a straight line 3 miles from my home, then made a 90 degree right turn and skied for another 4 miles. If I wanted to ski straight home from here, how far would I have to go?
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Question 877813: how much gas does it take to drive 369 miles if i get 8 miles to the gallon?
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Question 877819: In kmh, how much moves a car that goes at 500 km in 8 hours
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Question 877966: prove how a car travelling 250 km in 4 hours goes faster than a car going 275 km in 4.5 hours :))
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Question 878011: A car travels 120km per hour how far will he travel in a)4hrs b)5hrs
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Question 878017: Ed biked home from school in 400 seconds. His home is located 2,000 m south of the school. What was his velocity?
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Question 878009: An airplane flying from Los Angeles to New York is traveling at a velocity of 1,200 kilometers per hour east. There is a tail wind with a velocity of 60 kilometers per hour east. What is the resultant velocity of the airplane in kph?
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Question 878249: I don't know how to set this problem up: Two cyclists start at the same point and travel in opposite directions. One travels 3mph faster than the other. In 2 hours they are 402 miles apart. How fast is each traveling?
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Question 878262: what is an average speed of a car that travels a distance of 450km in 3hours 40 minutes
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Question 878279: Mr.Walker travels a miles in b hours, and then c miles in d hours. How many hours would it take to travel 1000 miles if he maintains this average rates?
A. 1000/(a+c)
B. 1000/(b+d)
C. 1000/(b+c+d)
D. 1000(b+d)/(a+c)
E. (a+c)/1000 (b+d)
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Question 878335: An airplane flew with the wind for 3 hours and returned the same distance against the wind in 4 hours, if cruising speed of the plane was a constant 434 mph in the air, how fast was the wind blowing?
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Question 878339: Chris and Jessica both leave san Francisco at the same time . Chris travels north at 65mph. Jessica travels at 55mph. how long will it take for them to be 369 miles apart
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Question 878341: One car travels 100 miles in the same amount of time it takes another car to travel 40 miles. If the second car travels ten miles per hour slower, how fast does the second car travel??
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Question 878354: How long will it take for mail to arrive from an hour and 45 minutes away?
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Question 878452: if you run 4 miles per hour for 6.4 miles how many hours do you run?

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Question 878445: David is driving 70 miles per hour west from Monroe to Shreveport, 110 miles away. How far does he travel in one hour?
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Question 878418: what is the speed of someone traveling 137 miles in 130 minutes?

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Question 878501: How can i find out my class's average walking speed based on the time on distance i have?

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Question 878446: A fraternity charged $2.00 admission for guys and $1.00 admission for gals to their finals week bash. The fraternity made $75 and sold 55 tickets. How many gals attended the party?
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Question 878327: for two hours of a 400 mile trip your average speed is 40 mph. Determine the average speed that must be maintained for the remainder of the trip if you want to average speed for the trip to be 50 mph
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Question 878428: Juan goes to work averaging 32 mph because traffic conditions. He return home at 38mph. His total time driving is 2.3 hrs. Find how long it took for him to get from work to home
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Question 877551: two automobiles leave an intersection at the same time. one of them travels west and the other travels south. when the vehicle going south has traveled 24 miles, the distance between the cars was four miles more than three times the distance traveled by the vehicle traveling west. find the distance between the two automobiles at that time.

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Question 878598: How many minutes does it take to go 40 miles at a constant speed of 25 miles per hour
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Question 878598: How many minutes does it take to go 40 miles at a constant speed of 25 miles per hour
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Question 878626: Airline travels 40 kilmeter per hour faster than a helicopter, airliner traves 1250 kilometer at the same time helicopter travels 1050 kilometer. How faster does the airliner fly? How faster does the helicopter travel
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Question 878621: A ship leaves a harbour travelling at 25 km/h ,15 minutes later another ship leaves travelling at 28 km/h. How long will it take the second ship to catch up to the first? Please,please help I worked it out and got 2 hours and 25 minutes but I don't know if it is right.
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Question 878675: What is the speed of an airplane that travels 750 miles in 3 hours
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Question 878671: the freight train took 10 hours to make the same trip the express train made in 6 hours. Find the speed of the express train if it was 20 mph faster than the freight train
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Question 878694: An athlete runs 15 miles at an average speed of 6 miles per hour.
How long does he take to run the 15 miles?
Give you answer in hours and minutes.
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Question 878700: A certain journey took 40minutes to complete. If half the distance was travelled at an average speed of 100 km/h and the other half was at an average speed of 60 km/h what was the length of the journey.
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Question 878693: Ted walked for 120 mins and biked for 90 mins. He bikes four times faster than he walks. If the total distance travels is 32 miles, then what was his walking speed in miles per hour?
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Question 878740: On a journey a bus takes 35 minutes to travel the first 10 kilometres.
It then travels a further 20 kilometres in the next 40 minutes.
(a) The bus started the journey at 18 50.
At what time did it complete the journey?

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Question 878765: How long would it take to drive 1.6 miles if you were traveling 60 mph?
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Question 878765: How long would it take to drive 1.6 miles if you were traveling 60 mph?
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Question 878772: Chris runs at 8 m/sec and Randy runs at a rate of 10 m/sec. If chis has a 10 second head start when will randy catch up to Chris (if ever)? Please help I've been struggling over this for hours I learned how to solve these types of problems months ago but I can't remember how to even set it up!
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Question 878829: If a boat travels north for 21 miles then 28 miles east then goes hack in a strait line how many miles did it take to go back
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Question 878867: In a vineyard there are 210 rows of vines. Each row is 192 m long and plants are planted 4m apart. On average, each plant produces 9kg of grapes each season. The total amount of grapes produced by the vineyards each season is closest to
A. 10, 000kg
B. 100, 000kg
C. 200, 000kg
D. 400, 000kg
E. 1, 600, 000kg
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Question 878858: A ship is 8 miles north and 5 miles west of the harbor. What bearing should be taken to sail directly to the harbor.
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