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Question 903977: Please help me solve this equation: The train leaves Toronto for Montreal at the same time as another train leaves Montreal for Toronto. The cities are 500km apart. The trains pass each other 2 hours later. The train from Montreal is traveling 50km/h faster than the one from toronto. at what distance away from toronto do the trains pass each other.
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Question 904001: Q1: Adrienne left Montreal biking at 30 kph. Elise left 2 hours later, traveling the same road at 40 kph. At what distance does Elise overtake Adrienne?
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Question 904013: How many meters more will a car travel in 12min at a speed of 50/km/h than it will at a speed of 40km/h?
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Question 904013: How many meters more will a car travel in 12min at a speed of 50/km/h than it will at a speed of 40km/h?
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Question 903915: An ordinary bus left the station going towards west at an average speed of 100 kph. An hour later, an aircon bus left the same station going towards east at an average of 150 kph. At what time will they be 500 km apart from each other.
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Question 904020: A motor boat traveling with the current can go 36 mi in 2 hr. Against the current it takes 3 h to go to the same distance. Find the RATE of the motorboat in calm water.
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Question 904026: A relay race required runners to run from Point A to Point B, and then back from Point B to Point A. The distance from Point A to Point B is 22 km. On the return trip (Point B to Point A) the runners average speed decreased by 1.2 km/h. If the relay took 10.5 hours for the runners to complete, what was the average speed from Point A to Point B?
A) 4.87 km/h
B) 3.67 km/h
C) 0.515 km/h
D) 4.19 km/h
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Question 904055: An automobile traveling on a straight, level road at 50km/h in 30s. What was the magnitude of the auto's acceleration in m/s^2
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Question 904072: runner a is initially 6 km west of a flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 9 km/h due east. runner b is initially 5 km east of the flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 8 km/h due west. how far are the runners from the flag pole when their paths cross?
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Question 903148: Two cars leave towns 510 kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One car's rate is 10 kilometers per hour less than the other's. If they meet in 3 hours, what is the rate of the slower car?
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Question 904102: Really need your help!
Height of a ball: If a ball is thrown directly upward with a velocity of 40 ft/s, its height (in feet) after t seconds is given by y = 40t - 16t^2. What is the maximum height attained by the ball?

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Question 903490: Two cyclists leave towns 90mi apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One cyclist travels 8 /mih faster than the other. If they meet in 3 hours, what is the rate of each cyclist?
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Question 904124: Julian jogs 2 kilometers east, 4 kilometers north, and then 7 kilometers west.
How far is Julian from his starting position, to the nearest tenth of a kilometer?
What is the formula/equation to solve this question? Please and Thankyou :)
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Question 904219: A passenger train and a freight train leave cities 400 miles apart and travel toward each other. The passenger train is traveling 20 mph faster that the freight train. Find the speed of each train if they pass each other after 5 hours.
How can I solve this?
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Question 904217: Two joggers, one averaging 7 mph and one averaging 4 mph, start from a designated initial point. The slower jogger arrives at the end of the run 20 minutes after the other jogger. Find the distance of the run.
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Question 904146: 2 planes leave in the same time from 2 cities 3150 km apart, going in opposite directions toward each other
Plane A is flying at 800km/h
Plane B is flying at 600km/h
When wil they meet in the air

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Question 904345: a boat on a river can go 4 miles downstream in 1/4 hour, but takes 1/2 hours to return to ts starting point. find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current
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Question 904457: A boat traveling against the current moves 21 kilometers per hour. Traveling at three fifths its speed with currentˏ it moves 27 kilometers per hour. Find the boat's speed and the rate of the current
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Question 904465: A bicyclist, traveling at 7 miles per hour, rides a total of 59 miles. How much time (in hours) does it take?
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Question 904459: A truck driver averaged 50 km/hr for 3 hours on his drive to Canada from New York. How far did he travel in 3 hours
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Question 904477: Car A is 8 miles further than Car B, Car A is traveling at 65 m.p.h. Car B is traveling at 70 m.p.h.,how long will it take Car B to catch up to Car A?
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Question 904478: A man drives out in the country at an average rate of 40 mph. In the evening traffic he drives back at 30 mph. If the total traveling time is 7 hours, what is the distance traveled?
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Question 904259: Meg rowed her boat upstream a distance of 21 miles and then rowed back to the starting point the total time of the trip was 10 hours.
If the rate of the current was 2mph, find the average speed of the boat relative to the water
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Question 904119: New York to Los Angeles is 3000 miles. Train A leaves NY headed for LA at 65 MPH. 8 hours and 30 minutes later Train B leaves LA headed for NY at 88 MPH. When they pass how long has each train been traveling?
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Question 903271: car travels a total of 275 miles in 4 hours, traveling part of the time at 60 mph and part of the time at 74 miles per hour. how long did the car travel at each speed?
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Question 903056: Two bicyclists, 48 miles apart, begin riding toward each other on a long straight avenue. One cyclist travels 15 miles per hour and the other 25 miles per hour. At the same time, Spot (a greyhound), starting at one cyclist, runs back and forth between the two cyclists as they approach each other. If Spot runs 35 miles per hour and turns around instantly at each cyclist, how far has he run when the cyclists meet?

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Question 903019: Mark, traveling 60mph, and Susan, traveling 50mph, leave Greenville to go to Dallas area. It takes Susan 3 hours longer than mark to get home. What is marks travel time? What distance did mark travel?
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Question 904534: tim and galen were walking toward town at 3 km per hour. half an hour later, liz and tammy left from the same point and walked in the same direction at 4 km per hour. for how many hours had the boys walked when the girls caught up with them?
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Question 904548: An airliner's average speed is 3 1/2 times the average speed of a private plane. Two hours after traveling in the same direction, they are 580 miles apart. What is the average speed of each plane?
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Question 904551: A bus enters a highway driving 55 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 1/4 of an hour later and drives 70 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the bus?
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Question 904556: At a certain place the freeway is directly next to and parallel to the railway line. Two cars on
the freeway are travelling in the same direction as the train. The one car is moving at 1.5 times
the speed of the other. At a certain instant the drivers of both cars are simultaneously directly
next to the rearmost point of the train. The slower car takes 60 seconds to reach the front point
of the train. The train itself takes 30 seconds to cover a distance equal to its own length. If the
train and the cars each travel at a constant speed, how long will it take the faster car to reach
the front point of the train?

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Question 904563: A car traveling at kilometers per hour is passed by a second car going in the same direction at a constant speed. After one minute, the two cars are 500 meters apart. Find the speed of the second car.
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Question 904443: Two cars are placed in different cities A and B. The car of A starts its journey in 7 o-clock in the morning, the second car from B starts in 7:20 a.m. The first one arrives at B for 3 hr and 36 min and the second car for 2 hr and 42 min. When do they meet?
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Question 904580: An airplane takes 3 hours to travel 702 miles while flying against the wind. If the speed of the airplane on a windless day is 265 miles per hour, what is the speed of the wind?
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Question 904613: A car takes 9 seconds to get to 0-60 mph speed. By the time the car has reached the 60 mph speed how far has it traveled?

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Question 904675: Car A is traveling at 60 mph, and Car B is traveling at 40 mph. Car B is 5 miles ahead of Car A. After how many minutes and miles will they meet up?
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Question 904672: Two persons, A and B, who are 20km apart, meet after 5 hours if they walk toward each other. However if they walk in the same direction from their starting points, it takes A 15 hours to overtake B. Find their walking speed.
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Question 904559: A car traveling at 40 kilometers per hour is passed by a second car going in the same direction at a constant speed. After one minute, the two cars are 500 meters apart. Find the speed of the second car.
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Question 904627: A driver can drive her car 580 miles at a steady speed
Using 20 gallons of gasoline. Make a rate table showing
The number of miles her car can be driven at this speed.
Show 1, 2, 3,,,,, and 10 gallons of gas

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Question 904609: Martha walks a path on the playground. She starts at the 2 meter mark then goes to the 11 meter mark, and then returns to the 2 meter mark. What is Martha's DISPLACEMENT?
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Question 904734: can u help me with this word problem? it involves the formula D=rt+rt
It takes a plane 40 minutes longer to fly from Boston to LA at 525mph than it does to return at 600mph. How far apart are the cities?
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