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Question 938833: two trains start at the same spot and travel in opposite directions. one train travels 5 km/hr faster than the other train. if after 4 hours, the trains are 460 km apart, how fast was each travelling?
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Question 938834: If a motorcycle gets 55 miles to the gallon and the gas tank holds 2.6 gallons of gas how many miles can it travel?
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Question 938877: A bullet travels at 850m/s. How long will it take to go 1 km

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Question 938886: Because Stephanie wanted to win the Berryville bicycle race she trained hard for a week including the weekend. Each day she rode 3 miles more than the previous day. If she rode a total of 126 miles, then how far did she ride the day before the race? Include an algebraic equation to support your reasoning.
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Question 938893: tom wen running a total of 300 minutes this week. how many hours did he run?

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Question 938970: two trucks going to the store which is a quarter of a mile away one truck is traveling 30 miles per hour the other is traveling 15 miles per hour but gets a 20 second head start who will get there first

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Question 938953: A train traveled 1/5 of the distance between two cities in three quarters of an hour at this rate what fraction of the distance between the two cities can the train travel in one hour
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Question 938976: two trucks travelling to the store truck a. is traveling 30 mph truck b. is traveling 15 mph but leaves 20 seconds early who will arrive first
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Question 938985: If a Truck A is going 30 MPH and Truck B is going 15 MPH with a twenty second head start, and both trucks are going a quarter of a mile, which will reach the end first?
I tried some division but my dad was making it really confusing.
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Question 938987: 2 vehicles travel to same location 1/4 mile down the road. Car A is traveling 30mph and car B is traveling 15mph with a 20 second head start, which arrives first?

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Question 938978: How fast is a car going, (in kms;)to travel 60 feet in 3 seconds ?
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Question 939011: On a ground trip of 540 km in each direction, Mr. Armstrong averaged 9 km/h more returning than he did going. If the return trip took 2 hours less than the trip going, find the time for each direction.

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Question 939009: A canoe took 4 hours to travel 18 km with the current. On the return trip, the canoe took 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. When the canoe travels with the current it travels faster than normal. How fast does the canoe travel with the current? One decimal accuracy.
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Question 939044: You receive grades of 89, 79, 82, 91, and 92 on your last five math exams. What grade must you get on the final exam in order to make your average grade at least 75?
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Question 938999: Two vehicles are traveling a quarter of a mile. Vehicle a is going 30 mph and vehicle b is going 15 mph. Which vehicle gets there first if vehicle b is given a 20 second head start? Also what are each vehicles' times?
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Question 939070: If a plane went 115 miles in 30 minutes, what was the mph it was going? Please show how you get the answer.
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Question 939058: If a car goes 0 to 60 in 6.4 seconds and a quarter mile in 14.7 seconds. How long will it take it to go .2 miles and how fast is it going
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Question 939133: What is the average speed of a vehicle that travels at 85km in 2 hours and 25 minutes?
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Question 939156: If I ran 0.24 miles how much more must I run to reach 1.5 miles?
Also, in Oder to run 1.5 miles in 15 minutes how fast should I run per minute?

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Question 939172: if it will take me 60 miles to get somewhere and I am going 40mph how long will it take me to get there?
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Question 939171: if your car travels 290 miles and uses 10.2 gallons, how many miles per gallon did you get (round the answer three decimal places)
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Question 939198: Laura drives home to her city at a distance of 380km. She takes the Backroads at a speed of 50km/h and she takes the highways at 100km/h. The trip takes 5h. How far does she drive on each road?
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Question 939199: a car is going 45 mph how many miles will the car drive in 5 hours

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Question 939201: Two cars started from the same point, driving along the same road 20 seconds apart for � of a mile to the store. The rate of the first car is 15 mph and the rate of the second car is 30 mph. which car will get to the store first?
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Question 939216: My friend and I live 120 miles apart. We decided to ride our bikes to meet one another between our homes. We both started out at 7 am and I thought it would take all day to meet. To my surprise, 2 hours later there was my friend in the road! It turns out that he took his motorcycle instead of a bicycle. If my friend traveled 4 times faster than I was riding my bike, how fast was i bicycling?
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Question 939280: Peta pedals at 20km/hr for 45 minutes. How far did she travel?
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Question 939351: Kalin walks at a steady rate of 3 2/3 miles per hour. The beach is 4 1/4 miles from home. How long will it take him to walk from his home to the beach and back to his home? We know he has to walk a total of 8 1/2 miles but cant figure out the rest.
Please Help
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Question 939380: This is from that episode of Duck Dynasty, so I was just curious. Anyway, here it is:
Two trucks are traveling 1/4 mile to a store. Truck A is traveling 30 mph, and Truck B is traveling 15 mph. Truck B gets a 20 second head start. Which truck will get to the store first?
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Question 939391: A barge travels along a river between Metro City and Smithport which are 50 miles away from each other. The speed of the current is 1.7 miles per hour. If the barge can make the downstream trip in 6.5 hours less than it can travel the upstream trip, then what is the barge's speed in still water?
My professor said the answer is 5.4 mph, but no matter what I try, I can't seem to come up with that answer. Thank you!
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Question 939453: the velocity of an airplane in still air is 125 kph.the velocity of the wind due east and turns back to its base again after 4 hours .at what distance does the plane travel due east?
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Question 939447: Pa got in his '29 Ford and started driving west from Jackson at a constant speed of 30 miles per hour. An hour later Ma got in her '31 Buick and started driving west from Jackson at a constant speed. After driving 4 hours Ma had passed Pa and was 10 miles ahead of him. How fast was Ma going?
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Question 939468: I lorry driver needs to convert the distance he has travelled in miles into kilometres. if he has travelled a total of 270 miles how many kilometres has he travelled?
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Question 939484: Please help me solve this word problem:
A car is travelling 75 kilometres per hour. How many meters does the car travel in 1 minute?
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Question 939437: A car left the house traveling north at 10AM. Another car left the house traveling south two hours later. If the cars traveled at the same rate and were 550 miles apart at 4pm, what was the rate of each car?
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Question 939510: How can you find the average speed in miles per hour if you can travel 24 hours in 3 hours?
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Question 939408: How long does a 2 hour and 10 minute car drive take in a air plane fly

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Question 939519: How many miles do you have to walk a day to go 690 miles in 9 days and 9 hours?
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Question 939532: A car traveling at 45mph has its speed decreased by 22 ft per second. If 88 ft/sec = 60 mph, then the car is now traveling at ______ mph
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Question 939545: you are driving 65 mph how far do you drive in 8 seconds?
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Question 939296: Two trucks are driving a quarter mile
One in going 30 mph
Other one is going 15 mph with a 20 second head start
Which truck will finish first
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Question 939598: a car traveled 3 miles in 6 minutes, how many miles per hour was it traveling

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