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Question 878872: Elsa drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 8 hours. When she drove home, there was no traffic and the trip took 6 hours. If her average rate was 16 mph faster on the trip home, how far away does Elsa live from the mountains?
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Question 878877: If a car is driving 60 miles per hour, how long will it take to travel 240 miles?
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Question 878969: A car is traveling at a rate of 55 miles per hour. How many feet per hour is this?
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Question 878977: if 50 miles = 80 km then what would be 272 km
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Question 879039: If you have driven 230 miles for 5 hours, how long would you drive for 345 miles?
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Question 879089: the distance between city a and b is m miles, and the distance between b and c is 2/3 of the distance between city a and b. a delivery driver drove a route from city a to city b, and then from city b to city c, and finally, from city c back to city b. The total distance that the driver drove was 147 miles. What is the distance between city b and city c?
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Question 879074: an airplane flying at 23,050 feet is directly over a submarine that is 725 feet below sea leave. What is the distance between a person in the plane and a person in the submarine?
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Question 879063: A train leaves the station and travels north at 85 km/hr and four hours later a second train leaves on a parallel track and travels north at 125 km/hr and how far from the station will they meet?
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Question 879111: Amit is moving with a velocity of 45 km/h. How much distance will he cover in 1 minute & in 1 second?
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Question 879122: I traveled 180 km at the speed of 45 km/hr and arrived 15 minutes late. at what speed in (km/hr) should i have traveled to arrive on time?
A)40
B)43
C)44.5
D)48
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Question 879163: A car traveled a distance of 80 km in 45 minutes what was the speed of the car
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Question 879138: Keith runs 5 miles in 38 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would he run in 57 minutes?
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Question 879186: A car went a distance of 90 kilometers at a steady speed and returned along the same route at half that speed. The time for the round trip was 4 and a half hours. Find the two speeds

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Question 879227: Chris and Leslie drove a total of 969 miles in 17.4 hours. Chris drove the first part of the trip and averaged 45 miles per hour. Leslie drove the remainder of the trip and averaged 65 miles per hour. For what length of the time did Chris drive?
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Question 879251: how long does it take to travel 15m @20mph
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Question 879311: 2 cars leave Point A traveling 60 mph, in the same direction,one 4 cyl and one 8 cyl, will they arrive at Point B at the same time?

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Question 879100: Two men A and B walk from P to Q a distance of 'D' at S1 and S2 km per hour. B reaches Q,returns immediately and meets A at R,find the distance from P to Q. I need an explanation for this rather than mere formula. thank you in advance.
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Question 879324: mary runs 5 miles a day. two-thirds of this distance is thorugh woods. what is the distance through the woods that mary runs?
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Question 879326: the senior class bought 9 yards of banner material for their float. if each of their banners take 3/8 of yard, how many banners can they make?
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Question 879325: the freshman class bought 5 yards of banner material for their homecoming float. each banner requires 2/3 of a yard of material . how many banners can they make with their material?
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Question 879274: A plane leaves Chicago flying due east at 225 mph. While a train that left 2 1/4 hours earlier is going due east at 85 mph. How much time will it take them to be 750 miles apart?
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Question 879398: Hoe long does it take to travel 285Km at a speed of 120km per hour?
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Question 879445: Two trains are traveling toward each other on parallel tracks
They start at the same time 300 miles apart
Train A is traveling east at 70 mph
Train B is traveling west at 50 mph.
(a) How long will it take them to meet?
(b) How far will Train A have traveled when they meet?
(c) How far will Train B have traveled when they meet?
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Question 879448: The French Club has 16 members, 14 girls and 2 boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys in the French Club?
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Question 879476: Suppose you are driving to visit a friend in another state. You are driving 65 miles per hour. You must drive 520 miles total. If you have already driven 195 miles, how long will it take you to reach your destination? Use h to represent the number of hours it will take to reach your destination. Use the equation 65h + 195 = 520.
A. 2 hours
B. 5 hours
C. 15 hours
D. 22 hours

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Question 879480: You wake up late and drive to work averaging 60 mph to make it on time. You drive home along the same route averaging 40 mph.
a) Explain why d=rt
b) Explain why your average speed for the entire round trip is NOT 50mph
c) If it took you 24minutes to get to work, how far is the commute?
d) How long did it take you to drive home?
e) Find the correct average speed for the entire trip.
f) Find a general formula for claculating the average speed if you average r1 mph for t1 hours and then average r2 mph for t2hours. Give an appropriate definition for average speed.
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Question 879590: what is the average speed of a racer going 600 mph in 3 hours?
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Question 879591: A motorist traveled from Town A to Town B. After traveling 13 of the distance for [4] the journey at an average speed of 45 km/h, he continued to travel another 480
km to reach Town B. If his average speed for the entire journey was 54 km/h, what was his average speed for the last 23 of the distance?
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Question 879640: Allen and freda move towards each other from points 24 km apart. Allen moves at a speed which is 4 km/h faster than Freda. They meet after 2 hours. How fast was Allen moving.
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Question 879659: Tom and Barbara live 415 mi apart. They leave their homes and travel toward one another. Tom travels at an average speed of 60 mph and Barbara travels at an average speed of 65 mph. Tom leaves 20 minutes before Barbara. How long will they each travel before they meet?
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Question 879682: two cars leave a rest stop on the freeway at the same time, but travel in opposite directions. one car is traveling at 65 mph and the other car is traveling at 70 mph. how long will it take for the two cars to be 348 miles apart?
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Question 879673: Car A leaves a certain point and travels at a constant speed of 60kmph. 2 hours later car B leaves from the same point to overtake A travelling at 100kmph. How long will it take B to overtake A?
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Question 879731: Charlie needs to drive 19 miles to work. So far, he has driven 5.2 miles. How many more miles must he drive?
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Question 879719: I drove 1165 miles at 39mph. How many hours did this take?
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Question 879812: how many kilometres will a car travel if it is moving for 2/5 hours at 80kph

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Question 879887: how fast are you going if you travel 658 feet in 30 seconds
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Question 879930: two cars start at the same time and place and travel at 100km. one car travels 50km/hr and the other at 80km/hr. how many minutes after the faster car will the slower car complete the journey
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Question 879931: The speed of a boat in still water is 8 miles per hour. The boat travels 3 miles upriver and 3 miles back in 1 hour. What is the speed of the river?
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Question 879922: How long will it take to travel 399Km at 90km/h?
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Question 879975: A car can travel 38 miles on each gallon of gasoline. At that rate, how many gallons of gasoline will it take to travel 190 miles
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Question 879995: If a boat that travels 37 miles per hour in still water is traveling with a current that has a rate of 3 miles per hour, how far will the boat travel in 5 hours?

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Question 879994: Amit's school bus travels 36 km/h and Sushma's school bus travels at 11 m/s, whose school bus travels faster?
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Question 879981: A train has an average speed of 15 miles per hour. How long will it take to travel 270 miles?
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