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Question 882145: If a ship is travelling at 50
kmph and a person on that ship is
running at 25 kmph against the
direction of velocity of the ship. How
will a boat going at 10 kmph in the
same direction as the ship appear to
be moving with respect to that
person?
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Question 882235: If 9km distance can be cover in 4 hour,how much time needed to cover 24km
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Question 882237: how to calculate knots in distance ,and diraction
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Question 882259: A photographer wishes to mix 2 lIters of a 5% acetic acid solution with a 10% solution to get a 7% solution. How many liters of 10% solution must be added? Please make a chart
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Question 882321: In his motorboat, Bill Ruhberg travels upstream at top speed to his favorite fishing spot, a distance of 270 mi, in 5 hr. Returning, he finds that the trip downstream, still at top speed takes only 4.5 hr. Find the rate of Bills boat and the speed of the current. Let x = the rate of the boat in still water and y = the rate of the current.
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Question 882258: Jamaal ran 6 miles in 30minutes whats the expressionin his his speeed in miles per min
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Question 882336: A jet flies 600 kilometers in 3/4 hour. How far can this jet fly in 1/2 hour.
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Question 882376: flying with the wind a jet can travel 2800 miles in 4 hours flying against the wind the same distance take 6 hours find the rate of the yet and the wind
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Question 882343: Rodney is making three pizzas. The recipe says that, for one pizza, he needs 2 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of instant active dry yeast, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and some other ingredients. Rodney is out of flour, and goes to the store to buy a bag containing 20 cups of flour. How much flour will he have left over after making the pizzas?
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Question 882440: A man jogged for 6 miles and then walked for 4 miles. His jogging speed was twice his walking speed. If the total time taken for the journey was 2.5 hours, find his jogging speed
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Question 882486: a truck driver travels a distance of 2,026 3\4 miles in 5 1\2 days what is the average distance traveld each day?
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Question 882522: please help me solve this work problem:
A kayak moves at a rate of 11 mph in still water. If the rivers current flows at a rate of 4 mph, how long does it take boat to travel 33 miles upstream?
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Question 882543: please help with answer,and please explain,I have an answer at 32mph,but it does not come from..d/t=v,and i would like to know why.....A car travels 24 miles in 45 minutes. What is its average speed?
hope u can help
Many Thanks
Michael
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Question 882551: HELP PLEASE...I need someone to break this down and explain this to me!
The speed of a moving walkway is typically about 2.5 ft/sec. Walking on such a moving walkway, it takes Karen a total of 40 seconds to travel 50 ft with the movement of the walkway and then back again againist the movement of the walkway. What is Karen's normal walking speed?
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Question 882556: Two friends start running in different directions from the same place. One heads south, while the other heads east. After 3 hours, they are 30 miles apart. How fast is each walking on average?
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Question 882560: Flying against the wind a jet travels 7740 miles in 9 hours. Flying with the wind the same jet travels 4,080 miles in 3 hours. what is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 882557: I can bike 4 miles in the same amount of time as it takes my friend to run 3 miles. If I can cycle 2 miles per hour faster than my friend, how fast can I cycle?

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Question 882550: A motorboat maintained a constant speed of 15 mph relative to the water in going 10 miles upstream and then returning. The total time for this trip was 1.5 hours. Use this info to find the speed of the current.
*PLEASE* help explain how I figure this out!
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Question 882584: a cyclist completes 30 laps of a track in 18 minutes, how many minutes will it take to complete one lap???
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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Question 882580: a ship moves 20 km across the sea in 40 minutes, what is the average speed of the ship in kilometers per hour?
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Question 882621: two trains leave station. 304 miles apart at the same time and travel towards each other. one train travels at 105 miles per hour while the other travels at 85 miles per hour. how long will it take for the two trains to meet
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Question 882642: Paul leaves Detroit at 7 pm and reaches Anarbor 40 miles away at 7:50 PM traveling at a constant speed. d(t) = ?

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Question 882663: A girl travels from home down a 3km street at a speed of 4km/h. She travels quicker returning home, with her round-trip time being 1 hour and 15 minutes. What was her speed returning home?
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Question 882441: If a boat can travel at an average speed of 15 knots, find the time the journey will take in hours and minutes .
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Question 882495: C. If the average speed of a car is 110 km/hr, how long will it take the car to travel 415 km?
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Question 882752: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 3700 km in 6 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 2700 km in 3 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 882766: It takes Ross, traveling at 36 mph, 20 minutes longer to go a certain distance than it takes Sarah traveling at 52 mph. Find the distance traveled.
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Question 882794: How long will it take to drive 400m at 65mph
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Question 882871: how many hours will it take to fly from brunei to phillipines in a straight line @ a speed of 1000 kph
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Question 882863: Frank drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 8 hours. When Frank drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 16 hours. If his average rate was 16 miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Frank live from the mountains?
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Question 882791: How would I determine? How long does it take the average human to walk 175 ft carrying 22 LBS? I am looking for a seconds or minutes? Male or Female doesn't matter.
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Question 882882: if a plane is going 240 mph then how fast is it traveling relative to the ground?
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Question 882972: Mike and Sandra leave their house. Mike travels northward for 4 miles to get to his job, and Sandra travels west for 3 miles to get to her job. Find out how many miles apart they work.
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Question 882830: A boat took 3 hours to travel 24 km with the current. On the return trip, the boat took 5 hours to
travel 24 km against the current. Determine the speed of the current
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Question 882974: How far can I run without stopping if I can run 7 mph?
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Question 883033: The average 140-lb adult burns about 380 calories bicycling 10 miles at a moderate rate. how far should the average 140-lb adult ride in order to burn 100 calories?
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Question 883074: A rental car was driven 480 miles total. How many days was the car kept if the total rental fee was $126 and the rental rate was $9 plus .15 cents per mile driven?
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Question 883080: A car left the house traveling north and 10 AM. another car left the house traveling south two hours later. if the cars traveled at the same rate and we're 550 miles apart at 4 PM what was the rate each car?
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Question 883180: Pa got in his 29 Ford instead of driving west from Jackson is a constant speed of 30 mph. An hour later mom got in her 31 Buick and started driving west from Jackson at a constant speed. After driving four hours ma had passed pa and was 10 miles ahead of him. How fast with ma driving
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Question 883297: How to do this question and what is the equation
Sam is driving at a speed of 80km/h. How far will he travel in 90min?
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Question 883296: How to do this question and what is the equation
Sam is driving at a speed of 80km/h. How far will he travel in 90min?
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Question 883303: Jonathan drove to the airport to pick up his friend. A rainstorm
forced him to drive at an average speed of 45 mph, reaching the
airport in 3 hours. He drove back home at an average speed of
55 mph. How long, to the nearest tenth of an hour, did the trip home
take him?
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Question 883300: An airplane travels 1200 miles from san francisco to hawaii in 8 hours against the wind. On it's return trip, wit the wind, it takes only 6 hours. Find the rate of the airplane with no wind. Find the rate of the wind.
I would like to know how to show my work for this problem and how to do it.
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