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Question 884700: What expression could represent the distance covered by a car in (2x + 3) hours if it travels (x+3) km/hr
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Question 884702: A car travels 50 miles in the same time that a plane travels 180 miles. The speed of the plane is 143 miles per hour faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of the car
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Question 884707: Carl is 19.5 kilometers away from Sheila. both begin to walk toward each other at the same time. Carl walks at 4 kilometers per hour. They meet in 3 hours. How fast is shelia walking?
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Question 884705: On a pleasure trip, Bells drive their car a distance of 150 km at a rate of 30 kph faster than the rate they drive their boat a distance of 50 km. If the total time of the trip is 5 � hours, how fast do they drive each vehicle? (How to solve this using 1 Variable only? PLEASE? )
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Question 884709: On a pleasure trip, Bells drive their car a distance of 150 km at a rate of 30 kph faster than the rate they drive their boat a distance of 50 km. If the total time of the trip is 5 � hours, how fast do they drive each vehicle?
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Question 884725: What is average speed of 70 mph and 55 mph?

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Question 884747: An aeroplane leaves the airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 Km/hour. At the same time
another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at a speed of 1200 Km/hour. How
far apart from each other will be the two planes after 1 � hours?

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Question 884781: A car with wheels of radius 14 in. is driven at 35 mi/h, the wheels turn at an approximate rate of 420 rpm. Show how to obtain this rate of turn.
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Question 884780: Jan can walk 5 miles in one hour. How long will it take her to walk one mile?
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Question 884783: Dale is riding on a bike course that is 45 miles long. So far, he has ridden 18 miles of the course. What percentage of the course has Dale ridden so far?
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Question 884857: a train travel 68 km/h at an average speed of 51 km/h.It than travel another 20 km at an average speed of 40 km/h before reaching its destination. Calculate the average speed for the whole journey.
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Question 884865: A cross country skier reaches the 13-km mark of a race 40 min after reaching the 3-km mark. Find the speed (average rate of change) of the skier.
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Question 884875: Solve for the width W of a rectangle in terms of length L and it's perimeter P.
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Question 884886: if a person is traveling at 80 mph and has 200 miles until he reaches his destination, how long will it take him.
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Question 884880: Two women live on the same street, but live 1.5 miles apart. Each morning both women begin running at the same times in the same direction. Because of where she lives, Jane is always 1.5 miles ahead of Due when they start running. Jane runs at a rate of 6 mph and Sue runs at a rate of 8 mph. After how many hours, does Sue catch up to Jane. If they run for an hour and 15 minutes, how far ahead will Sue be? Round to the nearest whole number for both answers.
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Question 884845: a man started walking from his house toward south. after walking 6 km, he turned to his left and walked 5km. then he walked further 3 km after turning left. he then turned to his left and continued his walk for 9 km. how far is he away from his house ?
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Question 884859: if town A is located at the South South Western part of Town B,what is the direction of town B from town A
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Question 884933: A cyclist travels a certain distance in 6 hours at a uniform speed. In return, he increases his speed by 2 kmph and covers the same distance in 5 hours. What was his speed initially?
1) 10.5 kmph 2) 12.5 kmph 3) 12 kmph 4) 10 kmph 5) None of these
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Question 884947: find the distance a car travels in 3 hours at a average speed of 55 miles per hour
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Question 884936: suppose two trains leave a station at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. One train travels 20 miles faster than the other. In 2.5 hours the trains are 255 miles apart. Find the speed of the trains.
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Question 884944: A canoe takes a total of 16 hours to travel from the pier to the boat and back. It travels to the boat at a rate of 5 mph and then return at a rate of 75 mph. How far is it from the pier to the boat?
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Question 884969: Mang Oscar drove his car 42 kilometers. Mr Cruz drove 55 kilometers. Who drove farther?
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Question 884974: Manila lies 2560 kilometers west of Guam and 2380 kilometers northeast of singapore. Which is nearer manila: Guam or singapore?
The solution does not require any calculations. The directional terms "northeast" and "west" are irrelevant. The nearest location is the one that is the fewest kilometers away. Which is the smallest number 2560 or 2380? 2380 is smaller, so Singapore is nearer to Manila.
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Question 885040: Find out the average speed of person who rides the first mile at the rate of 8 miles an hour, the next mile at the rate of 7.5 miles an hour and the third mile at the rate of 5.5 miles an hour.
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Question 884980: A bus moves at 35km/hr along the highway. what is its speed in mi/hr and m/s
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Question 884980: A bus moves at 35km/hr along the highway. what is its speed in mi/hr and m/s
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Question 885067: to drive 294 miles in 5 hours what speed should you drive in order to make the 5 hour time?
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Question 885043: I walk down the mountain 2mph faster than I walk up the mountain. If it takes me 3 hrs to come down the mountain and 4 hrs to go up, how many miles UP did I hike?
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Question 885006: how fast is the cyclist travailing?
the distance is 5 miles
the distance was traveled in 15 minutes.
so the question would be what was the speed of the cyclist have to be going to clear a 5 mile trip in 15 minutes?
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Question 885103: Two objects are traveling in opposite directions. One is traveling three miles per hour faster than the other. In two hours, they are four hundred and two miles apart. How fast is each object traveling?
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Question 885133: if Mrs. Davis drives along a straight highway at 34 km/h for 12 minutes, how far will she travel?
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Question 885050: When a plane takes 52 mintues to fly 196 miles, about how many per hour does it average?
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Question 885236: What distance is travelled, if my speed is 36 mph
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Question 885238: John travelled 30 minutes going 40mph and then slowed down to 20 mph for the remaining 20 minutes. WHat was his average speed in the journey?
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Question 885017: How many miles would I have walked in 1 hour 30 minutes if I was walking at 7 miles per hour? Thank you
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Question 408033: If I am traveling 35mph going somewhere 8 miles away. How long will it take me to get there? What's the equation for this answer?
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Question 885248: Train B left the station traveling due East at 60 mph. At the same time, train C left the same station traveling due West at 75 mph. Using the formula:
Distance = rate x time, or: D = rt, how many hours did it take the two trains to be 675 miles apart?
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Question 885251: a motorcycle drives 240 miles in 4 hours. she kept a steady speed for the first 3 hours of the trip, then she drove 20 mph slower. what were her two speeds and what is the average speed?
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Question 885255: 24000ft/s=? Mph
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Question 885299: A person in a hurry averages 56 MPH on a trip covering a distance of 216 miles. What time was required to travel that distance?
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Question 885335: A car travels 20 kph faster than the truck. The car covers 350 km in two hours less than the time it takes the truck to travel the same distance. What is the speed of the car? How about the track?
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Question 885424: if a car gets 24 highway how much gas would be needed to drive 205 miles
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Question 885423: if i drive a diesel cummins for three hours straight going 75 mph and i only burn a quarter of a tank of diesel, what kind of fuel mileage would i be getting?

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Question 885425: if a car gets 24 mpg on the highway how much gas would be needed to drive 205 miles is gas is $4 how much money would I need ?
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