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Question 951426: if a train leaves SF to NY based on 3000 miles travelling 450 mph and train leaves NY to SF travelling 300 mph, where in this country would they cross each other?
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Question 951474: If a lorry travels 200 miles and gets their at 2 hours and 15 minutes what the average speed it take the lorry to get there.

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Question 951513: Two cars are 166 miles apart and travel toward each other on the same road. they meet in two hours .one car travels 3 miles an hour faster than the other. what is the average speed of each car?

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Question 951503: Jane drives straight at 35 mph to her destination. She drives home at 45mph, getting home 11 mins faster than it took her to drive to her destination. What is the total amount of time it took for her round trip?
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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 951520: A car is traveling at a rate of 45 meters per second. What is the car's rate in kilometers per hour? How many kilometers will the car travel in 5 hours? Do not round your answers.
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Question 951429: Jane leaves her house and drives in a straight line at a speed of 30 mph. Her speed on the return trip is 40 mph. The trip back home takes 16 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 fraction.

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Question 951531: A teacher and two learners are driving to nelspruit to attend the provincial mathematics advanced competition they have to cover the distance of 400km and reach their destination in 4hours they stopped for 25 minutes to buy food after they have travelled 200km in 2 hours at what average speed must they drive the remainder of the journey to reach their destination in time
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Question 951545: How do I solve this type of problem?:
You are travelling to the scene of an accident, and the traffic is terrible. Your average speed
has slowed to 30 km/h. Assuming you still have another 10 km to travel, and your speed
does not change, how long will it take?

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Question 951560: A car travels 12 miles in 20 minutes. What is its speed in mph. I thought it was distance/time and I got 0.6mph My dad said it was 36 mph? What's right and what's wrong?

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Question 951546: : A motor car travelled 3 consecutive kilometers, first kilometer at the speed of 35 kilometer per hour (kph), second kilometer at the speed of 48 kph and the third kilometer at the speed of 40 kph. Find average speed of the car in kph.
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Question 951552: Express 20km in one hour and show the calculations

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Question 951589: A car travels 100 miles in 2 hours and 30 minutes. Work out its average speed
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Question 951591: a car travels 100 miles in 2 hours and 30 minutes. What is its average speed
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Question 951592: The distance from antville to beetletoon is 168km. Mr caterpillar travels from antville to beetletoon at an average speed of 28km/h. How long did it take him?

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Question 951587: A car travels at 48mph for 2 hours and 30 minutes. How far has it travelled in mph?
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Question 951586: A car travels at 48mph for 2 hours and 40 minutes. How far has it travelled in mph?
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Question 951746: express 20km in an hour as rate
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Question 951808: I am travelling a total distance of 17956 miles on a budget of �2000. What is the cost per mile?
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Question 951797: Three friends Smith, Jack and Pamila are walking at the speed of 3, 4, 5 km/h respectively. They start from same place at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm respectively. When Jack reaches Smith, he sends him back with a message for Pamila. At what time will Pramila get the message.
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Question 951834: For her workout, Sarah walks north at the rate of 4 mph and returns at the rate of 5 mph. How many miles does she walk if the round trip takes 4.5 hours?
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Question 951846: a car drove 30 minutes at 60 mph how far did the car get ?
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Question 951840: Hi, I am studying for my Math Exam tomorrow. I was not sure how to set up the following problem for solving. Can you explain, please?
Bob drove 200 miles in the same amount of time that it took a propeller plane to fly 1,100 miles. The speed of the plane was 180 mph faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of thee car and the speed of the plane.
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Question 951871: If an object is traveling 88 feet in a second, what is it's speed for miles per hour? I know there are 5280 feet in a mile.
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Question 951871: If an object is traveling 88 feet in a second, what is it's speed for miles per hour? I know there are 5280 feet in a mile.
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Question 951874: jane drives 180 miles at 90 mph the next day shhe drives 60 miles at 15 mph,what is her average speed for both days? and how did u solve?

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Question 951958: I need help trying just how to set-up the equation for solving.
Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels
18
miles per hour faster than the eastbound train. If the two trains are
300
miles apart after
2
hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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Question 951955: Every 4 hours, a factory produces 27 cars. How many cars does the factory produce in 11 hours?
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Question 951986: Two hikers Alan and Ben are 7 miles apart and walking towards each other. They meet in 2 hrs. Find the rate of each hiker if Ben walks 0.5 mph faster than alan
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Question 952030: The rate of a single-engine plane in calm air is 100mph. Flying with the wind, the plane can fly 240 mi in 1 h less time than is required to make the return trip 240 mi. Find the rate of the wind.
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Question 952044: james travelled 32 kilometers in two hours what was his speed
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Question 952046: A canoeist paddles at a constant rate. He finds that it takes him 2 hours longer to make a 12 mile trip upstream than it does downstream. If the current is 3 miles per hour, how long would the trip take in still water?
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Question 952059: A river is flowing downstream at a rate of 2 metres per second. Brendan, who has an average swimming speed of 3 metres per second, decides to go for a swim in the river. He dives into the river and swims downstream to a certain point then swims back upstream to the starting point. The total time taken is 4 minutes. How far did Brendan swim downstream?

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Question 952058: At 2:00 p.m, a car leaves Town A and another leaves Town B. The distance between the two towns is 60 km. One car travels 10 kph faster than the other. The cars, pass each other at 2:30 p.m. How far does each travel?
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Question 952080: Tom walks at 4 km/h and runs at 6 km/h. He can save minutes by running from his house to the station instead of walking. How many kilometres is it from his house to the station?
Please show working.
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Question 952127: Suppose that a bicyclist is riding at a steady speed. The table represents the distance she travels in a given period of time. Use the graph to select how far she would travel in 8 hours time.
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Question 952126: Suppose that a bicyclist is riding at a steady speed. The table represents the distance she travels in a given period of time. Use the graph to select how far she would travel in 8 hours time.
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Question 952137: Nicole drove 78 miles in 12 hours, at the same rate how many miles would she drive in 5 hours
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Question 952152: Joe and Ann rode their bike 6 miles uphill at a rate of 10 miles per hour. they rode back down at a rate of 15 miles per hour. what was their average speed? How long were they riding?
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Question 952213: A fisherman can row upstream at 1 mph and downstream at 4 mph. He started rowing upstream until he got tired and then rowed downstream to his starting point. How far did the fisherman row if the entire trip took 6 hours?
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Question 952216: the train goes 60 miles an hour if I leave at 2:20 what time will I get to my house which is 48 miles away
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Question 952260: You are traveling at 100 km/hr to make it to work on time. You have to
be to work in 0.25 hr or you will be late. You have 16 km to travel. Will you
make it to work on time?
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Question 952237: It takes Joe 1/5 hour to hike 1/4 mile. What is Joe's unit rate in miles per hour
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