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Question 894238: John can jog a steady pace of 12 feet per second. What is his speed in miles per hour?

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Question 894294: using values given in a problem and the equation of distance = speed x time, you calculate a cars speed to be 290 km/h. is this a reasonable answer? why or why not? under what circumstances might this be a reasonable answer?
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Question 894282: You and your friend live 12 miles apart. You leave home at the same time and travel toward each other. You walk at a rate of 4 mph your friend rides a bike at 11 mph.
A. How long after you leave will you meet?
B. suppose your friend travels at a rate of 12 mph how much sooner will you meet? How far from home will each of you be?
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Question 894349: A, B, and C start at the same time in the same direction running around a circular stadium. A completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the same point. After what time would they meet again at the starting point?
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Question 894281: A plane traveled 1248 miles to Kampala and back. The trip there was with wind. It took 13 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip back took 26 hours. What is the speed of the plane in still air? What is the speed of wind?
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Question 894261: two cars are traveling toward each other on the same highway. One car is traveling at 65 miles per hour and the other at 60 miles per hour. if the two cars are 200 miles apart, how long will be until they meet?
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Question 894213: it took you 19 minutes and 37 seconds to run 5 kilometer. how long did it take you to run each mile?
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Question 894212: Your friends family moved to a town 300 miles from where you live. You and your friend decide to meet halfway between the two towns to visit. Your friend averages 50 miles per hour on this trip. You average 60 miles per hour on this trip. If you and your friend leave at the same time,how much earlier do you arrive at the same meeting place?
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Question 894364: In a 60km bicycle race, a rider calculates that if he can increase his speed by 6km/h he will cut his time for the distance by 20minutes. What was his original speed?
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Question 894389: At 6am Allison left Seattle and headed south at 20 mph. At 8am Michael left from the same place and headed south on the same road. If Michael was 50 miles ahead by 1pm on the same day, what was his speed?
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Question 894384: If you walk at a rate 3miles per hour how far can you go in an hour and a half

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Question 894384: If you walk at a rate 3miles per hour how far can you go in an hour and a half

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Question 894381: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 7380km in 9 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6300km in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 894397: Could you please answer question 1081 for me please.
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Question 894397: Could you please answer question 1081 for me please.
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Question 894402: How many feet will you travel at 65mph in 8 seconds and at 12 seconds? Thanks!
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Question 894407: It takes 10,800 seconds to fly from St. Louis to Las Vegas. How many hours does it take to fly from St. Louis to Las Vegas?
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Question 894437: A motorboat travels 220km in 4 hours going upstream. It travels
284km going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 894464: A 500 meters long train, travelling at 50 kmph, enters a 4.5 km long tunnel.
How long will it take to go through tunnel completely.
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Question 894499: The distance from a star to a planet is 7.4 X 10^18 m. How long does it take light, traveling at 10^16 m/year, to travel from the star to the planet?
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Question 894524: Here's one: two cars a traveling from point A to point B and back to point A. Car A travels at 20 miles per hour from point A to point B, and 20 miles per hour from point B to point A. Car B travels 10 miles per hour from A to B, and 30 from B to A. Which car will arrive first?
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Question 894534: Melissa walked at a rate of 88 feet per minute. What was her approximate speed to the nearest tenth of a mile per hour?
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Question 894495: a car travelling at a constant velocity of 25m/s toward a destination of210km away. determine the time in hours required for this trip
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Question 894545: you are trying to determine whether one full tank of gas is enough to make a 350 mile trip.
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Question 894539: verva drives 18 miles to her current job. A new job that she is considering is 1 1/2 times as far as her current job. What is the driving distance to her new job?
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Question 894561: Sound travels 1129 feet per second through air. What is the equation that represents how many feet sound can travel in 2 seconds when it is traveling through air.
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Question 894484: Two planes left an airport at noon. One flew east and the other flew west at twice the speed. After 3 hours the planes were 2700 miles apart. How fast was each plane flying?
It would help a lot if you could walk me through the steps to finding the solution
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Question 894647: whats 4x5
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Question 894671: Please help me solve this expression: the speed limit of 65 mph

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Question 894667: Mike drove 50 Mph for 3.5 hours . How far did he drive ?
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Question 894702: how long will it take to travel 432 killometres at an average speed of 96 klometers per hour?
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Question 894731: How long does it take a plane that is traveling 350 m/hr to travel 1750 km? THANK U 4 UR HELP!:-)
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Question 894637: two trains A and B travels to each other.The distance
between train A and B is 900 km. Train A start travelling at
9 AM with speed 150 km/hour and train B start travelling
at 11 AM with speed 120 km/hour.At what time both trains
meet together?
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Question 894707: At 3:00 p.m. A plane leaves London for Madrid, 1260 km away. At 4 p.m. A plane leaves Madrid to fly to London. The second plane flies 40 kph faster than the first. If the planes pass each other at 4:30 p.m. What is the speed of each plane? Thank you for your help.
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Question 894747: Two cars leave towns
600
kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One car's rate is
18
kilometers per hour less than the other's. If they meet in
4
hours, what is the rate of the slower car?
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Question 894652: Steven went to his friend�s house that was 1 kilometer away from his house. When he left his house, he started jogging toward his friend's house, and then he walked the rest of the way. He jogged three times as far as he walked.
How far did he walk?
Write the answer in meters
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Question 894792: Two towns are 240km apart. A car and a bus start travelling towards each other from those towns. If they pass each other 1 1/2 hours after they started their respective journeys, find the speed of each. Note that the car travels 10km/h faster than the bus.

Thanks so much
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Question 894896: at 1:30pm a van left town a for town b an dtravelled at constant speed.
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Question 894922: a man walks x km uphill at 3km/h and walks the same distance back at 6km/h. What is his average speed?
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Question 894874: A car traveling at 80 kilometers per hour is passed by a second car going in the same direction at a constant speed. After 30 seconds, the two cars are 500 meters apart. Find the speed of the second car.
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