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Question 897858: How much gas will it take to drive two hours and seven minutes

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Question 897763: a cyclist is moving at a speed of 5km/h and a bullet train is moving at a speed of 144km/h.find the distance covered by both after 5 hours
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Question 897914: Over the weekend, Mario bicycled 72 miles. On Sunday he rode 7 miles more than two-thirds of his distance on Saturday. Find the number of miles he rode each day.
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Question 897921: A passenger jet flies from one airport to another 1,313 miles away in 2.6 h. Find its average speed. _______ m/s

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Question 897951: The Runaway bride had a 125 mile head start and is traveling at a constant speed of 65 miles per hour. The ex groom is chasing her at 80 miles per hour. How long will it take him to catch the bride?
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Question 897981:

Train 1 comes every 12 minutes. 

Train 2 comes every 10 minutes. 

Train 2 comes every 3 minutes,

If they all arrived together at 4:00 what time will they 

all arrive together again? 


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Question 898037: Ok, here's my problem:
Lets say you are walking across Folsom, CA. The area of Folsom is about 25.000 square miles. You are walking at 2 mph. How many days or months will it take to get from the start of Folsom to the end.

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Question 898059: You are traveling from your house to the amusement par, which is the distance 198 miles. You are eight times as far from the amusement park as you are from your house. How far have you traveled?
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Question 898087: A car traveling at 90 mph is 500 miles behind another car traveling at 70 mph in the same direction. How long will it take the first car to catch the second?
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Question 898089: A train travels from point A to B, a distance of 100 miles, at a speed of 20 mph. If it had gone two and a half times faster, how much earlier would it have arrived at B?
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Question 898122: if a man drives 70 miles per hour how far will he travel in 3
hours? in 4 hours? and in n hours
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Question 898113: if Alex traveled 150 kms in 90 minutes how fast is he going
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Question 898212: The bear lake in idaho is 24 miles long. Suppose john starts cycling at one end at 20 mph and ramona starts at the other end at 16 mph. How long would it take them to meet?
A. 30 mins
b. 35 mins
c. 40 mins
d. 45 mins
e. 50 mins?
thank you
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Question 898186: estimate the speed in miles per hour of a biker who rides 15 miles in 36 minutes.
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Question 898218: Meg rowed her boat upstream a distance of 72 miles and then rowed back to the starting point. The total time of the trip was 18 hours. If the rate of the current was 3 mph, find the average speed of the boat relative to the water.
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Question 898003: A flight averages 460 miles per hour. The return flight averages 500 miles per hour due to a tailwind. The total flying time is 4.8 hours. How long is each flight? Explain.
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Question 898233: airliner travels 45 miles in 6 minutes. what is the speed in miles per hour?

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Question 898235: At what speed did a plane fly if it traveled 2376 meters in 5 seconds?
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Question 898241: if your care gets 27 miles per gallon, how much does it cost to drive 450 miles when gas costs $2.70 per gallon?
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Question 898252: a sailboat moves at a constant speed of 2 m/s. How far does it travel every ten seconds.
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Question 898220: A barge traveling down a river covers a distance of 36 miles in 4 hours. It would have traveled the same distance in 6 hours if it had been traveling upstream against the current. What is the speed of the river current?
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Question 898288: Bob drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took
8
hours. When Bob drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took
5
hours. If his average rate was
21
miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Bob live from the mountains?
Do not do any rounding.
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Question 898314: If a car is traveling at 52.8 mph how long will it take to go 1 mile?
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Question 898332: Two cars leave a city, one traveling east and the other west. The car going east is traveling at 60 mph and the car going west is traveling at 62 mph. How long will it take for them to be 427 miles apart?
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Question 898339: An automobile travels at a rate of 27km/h for 4 min, then at 59km/h for 10 min, and finally at 22km/h for1 min. Find the complete trip in KM/H remember to convert minutes to fractions of an hour
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Question 898324: airplane A and airplane B fly along parallel paths each 3000 miles long. A flies at a constant speed of 600 miles per hour and B flies at a constant speed of 580 miles per hour. If they start at the same time, how many more miles are left for B to fly after A completes its flight?
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Question 898330: Hello,
Can you please show me which formula to use, as well as explaining it step by step including the answer.. Admittedly, I'm not a student, I was and am just horrible at math. I travel a lot, so I'd like to know which formula I can use, the steps involved in figuring it out, and also showing how to check my work, to know that it's correct. I really wish I could understand simple formulas and equations.. With your help, I'm confident that it will help conquer my fear with math so that when my daughter gets older and brings her algebra home, I'll be able to help her (while actually knowing what I'm talking about)!! Haha
Here's my question:
If I'm driving 276 miles at 70 mph, how long will it take me to reach my destination?
* my guess is somewhere between 4'18". I know that's probably within the ballpark, BUT what I don't know is the formula to use, in order to get an exact answer.
Thank you so much for you help, I really appreciate it!!
Regards,
Rachel
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Question 898281: At 10:30am two planes leave Houston, one flying east at 560 km/h and the other west at 640 km/h. At what time will they be 2100 km apart?
I'm not sure what formula to put this in to solve it. I believe the answer is 1 hr 45 min travel time so it would be 12:15pm. I know RxT=D, but how do I incorporate these in that formula. I'm confused.
I drew a picture and added the 2 rates together, so in 1 hr they are 1200 km apart. Then I added 30 min, so half of 1200 is 600 which would equal 1800 km. Then I added 15 min which would be half of 600 is 300. So 1200(1 hr) + 600(30 min) + 300(15 min) = 2100 km (1 hr 45 min). 10:30am + 1 hr 45min= 12:15pm
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Question 898388: Ganesh was traveled 40mphr in 2hrs and again he traveled 80mphr in 3 hrs.. Find
the speed of his entire journey

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Question 898396: i cant figure out how to put this in a algebra equation. "At 1:30p.m., Tom leaves in his boat from a dock and heads south. He travels at a rate of 25 miles per hour. Ten minutes later, Mary leaves the same dock in her speedboat and heads after Tom. If she travels at a rate of 30 miles per hour, when will she catch up to Tom?
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Question 898399: If a bike is going 24 km/h and a car is going 60 km/h but the car is 70km behind how long would it take for the car to catch up
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Question 898399: If a bike is going 24 km/h and a car is going 60 km/h but the car is 70km behind how long would it take for the car to catch up
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Question 898479: 4. How much time would it take for an airplane to reach its destination if it traveled at an average speed of 790 kilometers/hour for a distance of 4,700 kilometers? What is the airplane�s speed in miles/ hour?
5. How far can a person run in 15 minutes if he or she runs at an average speed of 16 km/hr?
(HINT: Remember to convert minutes to hours.)

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Question 898503: A car traveled from A to B. Its average speed for the first half of the distance was 60 mph, and for the second half it was 40 mph. Find the average speed for the whole trip.
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Question 898520: Please help me solve this problem: Two hikers start from the same point and hike in opposite directions around a lake whose shoreline is 11 mi long. One hiker walks 0.5 mph faster than the other hiker. How fast did each hiker walk if they meet in 2 h?
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Question 898502: A car traveled from A to B in 6 hours. Its average speed for the first three hours was 60 mph, and for the last three it was 40 mph. Find the average speed for the whole trip.
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Question 898559: If a pitcher throws a 91 mph fastball, how much time elapses from when the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until the ball reaches the batter?
and the pitchers mound if 60 ft away
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Question 898562: Kelley runs at a speed of 9 miles per hour. How many miles per second is her speed?
Write an explanation, please.
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