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Question 934952: If you travel 633 miles at 55 mph how much time did you spend round trip?
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Question 934971: Leah drives 45 miles per hour for 2 hours, then 32 miles per hour for 75 minutes. What is her average speed for the whole trip?
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Question 934970: A cyclist travels 2/3 of his journey at the average speed of 12 miles per hour. He then travels the remaining 30 miles of his journey in 3 hours. How long does his trip take?
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Question 934969: Brian drove 14 miles to work at 40 mph on Monday. He drove 14 miles on Tuesday 5 mph faster. How much faster will he reach work on Tuesday?
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Question 934009: A cyclist has a head start of 75 m in a race and is moving with constant speed of 10m/s. You accelerate from rest at 2m/s^2. How long will it take you to catch the lead cyclist?
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Question 935033: If the wind is at 14 mph out of the east, how fast can a sailboat travel in a southwest direction? ( mph )

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Question 935056: A train travels at a distances of 100 km and at a speed of 20 km/h. If it had gone two and a half times as fast, how much earlier would it have arrived at B?

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Question 935136: A snail moves at a rate of about 2 point 4 inches per minute. How many minutes have passed if it has moved forty-eight inches?
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Question 935149: A car travelled 78km between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm what was its average speed
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Question 935168: A ship leaves port at 12:00 pm (noon) and sails east at 10 miles per hour. Another leaves the same port at 1:00 pm and sails north at 20 miles per hour. At what time are the ships 50 miles apart? Show all your calculations.
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Question 935172: a boat travels 32 miles on 4 gallons of fuel. how many miles per half gallons is that
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Question 935174: George takes 40 seconds to cover a distance of 200 metre what was his average running speed
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Question 935151: whats the magnitude and direction of a plane teaveling 120 killimeter per 1 hour for an hour and 30 min then turns and goes 45 degrees west and north at 150 kilomiters per hour for 3hours
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Question 935178: It takes Paul 2 hours to hike 5 miles, how long will it take him to hike 8 miles?

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Question 935180: Ahmad travels from his house to his friend's house averaging 60 miles per hour. On the return trip, he averages 50 miles per hour. His total driving time for the round trip is 11 hours. What is the distance, in miles, between Ahmad's house and his friend's house?
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Question 935193: I cannot come up with what formula to use. The problem is: On a 1287 mile long road trip in windy conditions, a family calculates their fuel economy to be 18 miles per gallon over the 2 days it takes to reach their destination. On their 2 day return trip, with a similar wind at their backs, their calculations show a fuel economy of 26 miles per gallon. Calculate the expected fuel economy of their vehicle in ideal (non-windy) conditions as well as the influence of the wind (w) in miles per gallon.

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Question 935227: A plane travels 236 miles in 1.4 hours against the wind. On the return trip, it travels the same 236 miles in 1 hour. Find the speed of the wind
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Question 935233: If I were to walk twice as fast as some one, but walk for the same amount of time, say 2 hours. Wouldn't I take twice as many steps. People say I would still take the same amount of steps as them if we take close to the same size. I only walk faster.
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Question 935260: Mary is going for a run. She runs at a speed of
6.4
miles per hour for
2
hours. For how many miles does she run?
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Question 935265: if the bus left the station at 4:35 for a trip to cherokee flats that will take 2 hours and 50 minutes at what time should the bus arrive at the destination

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Question 935344: The total length of train A and train B together is 777 m. Train B can cross an electric pole in 6 seconds. The respective ratio of speed of train A and train B is 7:8. How much time will train A take to completely cross train B running in opposite direction (towards each other)?
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Question 935389: In a 200 mile bike ride, Duva realized that if she could average 1 mile per hour faster than she did on her last 200 mile ride, she would finish 1 hour sooner. How long did she spend on her last 200 mile ride?
* Answer in minutes and round to the nearest 10 minutes.*
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Question 935388: In a 200 mile bike ride, Duva realized that if she could average 1 mile per hour faster than she did on her last 200 mile bike ride, she would finish 1 hour sooner. How long did she spend on her last 200 mile ride?
*Write the answer in minutes, and round to the nearest 10 minutes*
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Question 935424: A person walks from one place to another place at a speed of 4km/hr.if he walks at a speed of 5 km/hr ,he reaches the place 7 minutes earlier .find the distance between the two places
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Question 935479: How long does it take to get to a house that is 100 miles away when doing 50 MPH?
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Question 935455: i need a word problem that models 650 + 10m = 60m + 400
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Question 935487: How long does it take if you do 80 mph for 740 miles?

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Question 935504: how long would it take in a car to get 305 miles

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Question 935504: how long would it take in a car to get 305 miles

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Question 935578: if i ride my bike 20 miles in 100 minute how far will it take me in 25 minutes

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Question 935595: A freight train completes its journey of 150 miles 1 hour earlier if its original speed is increased by 5 miles/hour. What is the train�s original speed?

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Question 935587: how many hours for 120 kilometres
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Question 935610: With a tail wind, a plane flew 280 km in 30 mins. With no change in wind the return trip took 40 minutes. Find the speed of the wind and the planes's rate in still air(no wind)
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Question 933369: at noon ship a is 40 miles due west of of ship b. ship a is sailing 4mph and ship b is sailing 3mph. how fast is the distance between the ships changing at 5pm?
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Question 933462: Daniel rides his bicycle 21km west and then 18 km north. How far is he from his starting point?
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Question 935637: A boat takes 3 hours to travel 108 km upstream the return trip downstream takes 2 hours. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 935602: A train from London to Birmingham takes 2 hours for the journey. If the average speed of the train were decreased by 5 miles per hour, the train would take 12 minutes longer.
Find the distance from London to Birmingham and the average speed of the train, using simultaneous equations
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Question 933486: You are on a plane that is flying at 350 mph. A navy f-14 Tomcat overtakes the plane at 850 mph just as you are walking forward at a speed of 2 mph. What is the speed of the f-14 relative to you? What is your speed relative to the ground? What is your speed relative to the Tomcat? I feel like the information my teacher gives me in the problem isnt enough to answer the questions.
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Question 935665: At 100km per hr how long would it take to cover 800 meters.
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Question 935662: Patty and Tom live 345 miles apart. they decide to drive to meet one another. Patty leaves at noon, traveling at an average rate of 45 mi/h, and Tom leaves at 3:00 pm traveling at an average speed of 60 mi/h. At what time will they meet?
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