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Question 909398: Please help me with this problem:
Two airplanes leave Chicago at the same time and fly in opposite directions. If one travels at 555 mph and the other at 540 mph, how long will it take for them to be 2,180 miles apart?
Thank you
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Question 909427: a car travels half a mile in a minute. what is its speed in mph
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Question 909434: Water flows down the Turbo Twister water slide at 15 liters per minute. Water flows down the Daredevil Drop water slide at 8000 milliliters per minute. What is the difference in the speed of the water flow in liters per minute?
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Question 909596: how fast will i be going if i went 207 miles in 18 h 20 min biking
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Question 909529: Two trains leave stations
216
miles apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at
80
miles per hour while the other travels at
100
miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to meet?
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Question 909679: Flying with the wind, a plane flew 1500 mi in 5 h. Against the wind, the plane required 6 h to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind.
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Question 909671: 7. It takes a plane 3 hours to make a 900 mile trip with the wind. The return trip against the same wind takes 3 hours and 24 minutes. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.

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Question 909715: Flying with the wind, a plane flew 1200 mi in 4h. Against the wind, the plane required 5h to fly the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind
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Question 909662: Hello there! How do I set up this question?
one runner passes another runner traveling in the same direction on a hiking trail. Faster runner is jogging 2 miles per hour faster than the slower runner. Determine how long it will be before the faster runner is 3/4 mile ahead of the slower runner?
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Question 909418: A train leaves a station and travels at 50 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes later, a second train leaves the same station and travels in the same direction on parallel tracks at 60 miles per hour. How long will it be before the second train overtake the first?
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Question 909404: a plane travels from NY to CA at 550mph. A second plane travels 30 minutes later at 625mph. how many hours later will plane two pass the first?

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Question 909735: Dear Tutor, I hope you can help me with these problems. Please know that I've tried them on my own and the reason why I am seeking help is because i can't seem to figure them out. Thanks a heap :)
A jeepney leaves the terminal at 60 kph. Two hours later, a taxi leaves the same terminal at 80 kph. How long will it take the taxi to overtake the jeepney?
Alex and Bert agreed to meet on the highway connecting their hometowns, which are 120 km apart. Alex drives at 45 kph, while Bert drives at 35 kph. In how many hours will they meet?
John Carbin takes his bus ride at 60 kph to the school and then walks back leisurely at 10 kph. The bus ride takes 15 min less than his walking. How far does he walk and for how long?
A chemist has two solutions of the same acid, one containing 15% of the acid and the other 25%. How many cubic acid centimeters of each acid should he use to make 120cc of a 21% acid solution?
How many pounds of peanuts at P80/lb should be added to 100 lbs of cashew nuts at P200/lb if the mixture is worth P120/lb?
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Question 909750: John Carbin takes his bus ride at 60 kph to the school
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Question 909746: Alex and Bert agreed to meet on the highway connecting their hometowns, which are 120 km apart. Alex drives at 45 kph, while Bert drives at 35 kph. In how many hours will they meet?
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Question 909798: Cars A and B, initially 20 km apart, travel towards each other. If A travels at 60 km/hr and B at 40 km/hr, after how many minutes will they meet?
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Question 909845: two trains leave the city at the same time, one travels north and the other south at 20mph faster. IN 2 hours the trains are 280 miles apart find their rates?
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Question 909862: anuj takes 12 minutes to go to market and 16 mintues to come back. if market is 4.5 km away, find his average speed.
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Question 909864: tha distance between kolkata and delhi is 880 km. kolkata express leaves delhi at 7:20 a.m and reaches kolkata at 7:20 p.m. find the average speed of train.
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Question 909868: tha distance between kolkata and delhi is 880 km. kolkata express leaves delhi at 7:20 a.m and reaches kolkata at 7:20 p.m. find the average speed of train.
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Question 909876: If you go on a road trip of 180 miles in the mountains and 1/3 of the trip is downhill, how many miles of the trip are not downhill? Reduce to the lowest terms.
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Question 909916: Lisa traveled 1040 mi at a certain speed. If the speed had been 13 mph faster, the trip could have been in 4 hr. less time. Find the speed.
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Question 909925: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 13 minutes later and drives 66 mph in same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck
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Question 909912: Bryan's boat travels 15 km/h in still water.He motors 140 km downstream in the same time it takes to travel 35 km upstream. What is the speed of the river?
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Question 909946: On a map scale, if 1 inch is 37 miles, how many miles would it be from New York City to Denver?
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Question 909926: it is 5 kilometers from David house to the nearest mailbox. How far is it in meters
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Question 909936: Two cyclists leave towns 75mi apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One cyclist travels 7mi/h slower than the other. If they meet in 3 hours, what is the rate of each cyclist?
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Question 909929: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels
10
miles per hour faster than the eastbound train. If the two trains are
450
miles apart after
3
hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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Question 909958: A truck enters a highway 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 8 minutes later and drives 66 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Question 909964: light travels at a rate of 1.86 times 10 to the fifth power. if the distance from a star to a planet in its orbit is 80 million miles,find how long it takes the light of the star to reach the planet.
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Question 909971: John leaves an intersection at 12noon and
heads North at 24 miles per hour, while Jane
leaves the intersection at the same time and
heads West at 32 miles per hour.
Find an expression d for their distance
apart (in miles) after t hours.
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Question 910044: . Jones and Brown start from two points, which are 375 miles apart and
travel toward each other. The latter travels twice as fast as the former.
They meet in 5 hours. Find the rates per hour.
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Question 910170: A cyclist rides his bike at a rate of
18
miles per hour. What is this rate in miles per minute? How many miles will the cyclist travel in
20
minutes? Do not round your answers.
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Question 910152: Jimmy walked to school (1 mile) in 15 minutes. What is his speed?

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Question 910155: A truck enters a highway driving 60mph.
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Question 910169: a bicyclist rode up a mountain at 12km/h and then back down at 30 km/h. If the round trip took 3.5 h, how long did the ride up the mountain take
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Question 910193: Two cars leave town traveling in opposite directions. One travels at 80 km/h and the other at 96 km/h. In how many hours will they meet?
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Question 910216: If a car can travel 46 miles using 2 gallons of gasoline, how far can it travel if it uses 9 gallons of gasoline?
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Question 910205: Two cars leave town traveling in opposite directions. One travels at 80 km/h and the other at 96 km/h. In how many hours will they be 528 km apart?
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Question 910248: An airplane went 960 miles in the same length of time that a second plane went 1,200 miles. The speed of the second plane was 40 miles an hour faster than that of the first. How long did each plane travel?
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Question 910250: two towns A and B are 80km apart. A passenger bus travels daily from A to B in heavy mist it has to travel 20km/h slower than in good weather and reaches its destination 12 minutes later than the usual what is the speed of the bus in good weather.
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Question 910265: a boat takes 4 hours to go 640km downstream. it takes the same to go 240 km upstream. find the speed of boat in still water and the speed of the stream.
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Question 910278: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. a car enters the higway at the same place 10 minutes later and drives 65 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Question 910286: a car travelling at 35 miles per hour left a gasoline station at 8 am heading south. 2 hours later a 2nd car left the same gasoline station also heading south.if the 2nd car traveled at 15 miles per hour, after how many hours will they be 80 miles apart?
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