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Question 950692: How many hours would it take to drive 750 miles at 95mph.
-Thanks

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Question 950675: Carlos and Maria drove a total of 258 miles in 5 hrs. Carlos drove the first part and averaged 53 mph. Maria drove the remainder of the trip and averaged 51 mph. How many hours did Maria drive. Answer can be rounded to the nearest tenth ..
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Question 950718: A motorcycle is traveling at 70 mph over takes a car that is traveling at 30 mph, that had a 3 hour head start. How long will it take for the motorcycle to meet the car?
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Question 950726: Martha rode 40 miles in 30 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take Martha to ride 100 miles?
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Question 950737: Two planes are flying around the world. The first plane is flying at 300 miles per hour (mph) and is 350 miles ahead of the second plane. The second plane is flying at 400 mph. How long will it take for the second plane to catch the first plane?

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Question 950882: How far can you drive in 24 hours with two guys at 70 mph
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Question 950988: peter swam the English channel in 6 hrs 57 min and 50 sec. how long is the channel?
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Question 950985: Perry left school one hour before jade. Jade drove in the opposite direction going 6mph slower than perry for one hour until they were 174 miles apart. What was perry's speed? Jerrys speed? Distance both traveled?
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Question 950982: 2 cars start at the same point and travel in the same direction at average speeds of 65 miles per hours and 45 miles per hour. How much time in hours must elapse before the two cars are 70 miles apart?
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Question 951009: if you are driving at an average speed of 80km/hr how long will it take you if you drive 527km?
(answear in a ratio form solving method please)

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Question 950858: How many mph do you have to drive to get in five hours
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Question 951081: Maria drove 275 miles in 5 hours.At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 11 hours?
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Question 951091: If you walked 5 miles down a trail and then walked 2 1/4 miles back, how many miles away are you from your starting point?
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Question 951128: if you are traveling
at the rate of 105 miles per hours how many seconds will that take
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Question 951125: a car traveled an hour and twenty five minutes, how many miles is that?
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Question 951141: if i'm going 80 km how long will it take to go 120 miles
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Question 951134: Can you help to solve this please?
One car is travelling north at 70mph. Another car is travelling towards it at 70mph. Do they have the same velocity? Explain your answer.
Many thanks in advance.
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Question 951147: John swims 480 yards in 6 minutes at a constant rate.
Enter the number of feet he swims in 30 seconds.

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Question 951117: how much time does it take for a bird at a speed of 45 miles per to travel a distance of 1,800 miles
And how do you
show the work
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Question 951135: A boat can travel 27 mph in still water. If it travels 324 miles with the current in the same length of time it travels 162 miles against the current, what is the speed of the current?
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Question 951176: A truck driver driving at an average speed of 45 mph, has to make a delivery 200 miles away. How much time would it take to travel that distance at that speed?
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Question 951165: Which direction would you stat out if you were stared out in california to go to Boston by boat?
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Question 951197: Please help me make and equation for this problem: An eastbound train leaves Chicago and averages 125 km/hr heading for New York City 1300 km away. At the same time, a westbound train leaves New York City and averages 135 km/hr heading for Chicago. In how many hours will the trains pass each other?
So far I have made a box with:
Rate x Time = Distance
Eastbound 125 (rate)t {time (variable)} 125t (distance)
Westbound 135 (rate) (missing time) (missing Distance which is the time times the rate)
I am missing the time and Distance for the Westbound train

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Question 951205: greg rode the train between two cities that were 450 miles apart. there were 6 stops between the two cities. the train stays at each stop for 10 min. if greg needs to arrive at his destination in less than 4 hours, at least how fast must the train be traveling when it is moving?
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Question 951245: If someone runs 3 3/5 miles in 33 mins. What is his pace in miles per hour

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Question 951255: if it takes me 3 hours to get home but i stop for 20 minutes for rest how many minutes will it take me to get home
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Question 951264: A driver averaged 47 miles per hour and took 8 hours to travel between two cities. What is the distance between the two cities?

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Question 951239: at soccer training, the team ran for 10 minutes at 12 miles per hour. your friend incorrectly says the team ran a distance of 120 miles. what is the correct distance? what error did your friend most likely make?
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Question 951274: Car Rental company A charges $29 a week, plus $13 per kilometre driven.
Car Rental company B charges $85 a week, plus $6 per kilometre driven.
Determine the distance you must drive for the two rental costs to be the same. Model the problem with an equation.
Please show your work.
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Question 951275: A person crosses a lake of width 600 m in 5 minutes by boat. What is his speed in km per hour?
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Question 951282: If you drove your car at a constant speed of 75.0 km/hr and it took you 30.0 minutes to get there how far would you have traveled?
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Question 951294: Working alone, Jess can rake the leaves off a lawn in 50 minutes. Working alone Tate can do the same job in 30 minutes. Today they are going to work together, jess starting at one end of the lawn and Tate starting simultaneously at the other end. In how many minutes will they meet and have the lawn completely raked?
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Question 951307: chris rides his bike11km/h faster than he walks if he bikes 4h and walks for 5h the total distance he travels is 107 km find how fast chris walks
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Question 951269: Brian merges onto the highway at 9 a.m. and drives 195 miles. He takes a one hour break and then drives 260 miles. For both drives, the cruise control is set on 65 miles per hour. How long does the trip take?

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Question 951215: Please help !
Jane leaves her house and drives in a straight line at a speed of 50 mph. Her speed on the return trip is 60 mph. The trip back home takes 20 minutes less than the outbound trip. What was Jane's total travel time in hours? Assume both trips are in a straight line. Give your final answer as a simplified fractio
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Question 951342: She drives 10 miles from her friend to the motorway 240 miles on the motorway 5 miles to her home sue takes 20 minutes to drive from her friends house to the motorway drives at an average speed of 60 mph on the motorway takes 25 minutes to drive from the motorway to her home sue stops for a 30 minute rest sue leaves her friend house at 09:00 am what time does sue get home
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Question 951334: a vehicle is traveling at 160km/h post point A .if i leave point A how long
will it take to catch up ,if i accelerate to 210km/h and maintain that speed and what will be the distance ?

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Question 951371: How long would it take to travel 10 miles if your going 30 miles per hour?
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Question 951371: How long would it take to travel 10 miles if your going 30 miles per hour?
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Question 951409: A train takes 6 seconds to enter a tunnel that is 2 km long. If the train is traveling at 120 KM per hour, how long will it take to pass completely through the tunnel.
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Question 951403: Two boats leave the same dock and head in the same direction. Boat One travels twice as fast as Boat
Two. After 3.5 hours the boats are 5.25 miles apart. Find the speed of each boat.
How many liters of a 58% sugar solution must be added to 14 liters of a 40% sugar solution to produce a
50% sugar solution?

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Question 951434: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.55-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use?

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Question 951433: It takes Ralph 8 hours to paint a fence alone. Lisa can do the same job in 12 hours. If Ralph paints alone for 10 minutes before Lisa begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction.
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Question 951425: Jim can ride his bicycle 72 miles in the same time Tim can ride his bicycle in 56 miles. Jims speed is 4 miles faster than Toms speed. How fast is Tim going?
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