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Question 987623: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling 150 mph that had a 2 hr head start. How far from the starting point are planes?
The Planes are ? miles from the starting point.
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Question 987622: It took Brian
3 hours to drive to a rock concert. On the way home, he was able to increase his average speed by
23 mph and make the return drive in only
2 hours. Find his average speed on the return drive.

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rate � time = distance

original drive

x

return drive

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Question 987642: Two planes fly in opposite directions. One travels 425 mi/h and the other 575 mi/h. How long will it take before they are 4,000 mi apart?

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Question 987652: A boat traveled downstream a distance of 44 miles and then came right back. If the speed of the current was 5 mph and the total trip took 3 hours and 40 min, find the average speed of the boat relative to the water.
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Question 987632: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling 150 mph that had a 5-hour head start. How far from the starting point are planes?
The Planes are ? miles from the starting point.
simplify your answer. Type an integer, fraction, or mixed number.
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Question 987641: At a point on the ground 15 ft from a base of a tree,the distant to the top of the tree is 1ft more than 2 times the height of the tree find the height of the tree.
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Question 987665: To deliver a message, an army officer will travel by auto at 75 miles per hour from A to B, and then by airplane to C against a wind blowing 40 miles per hour. The airplane can fly 280 miles per hour in still air. If the messanger takes 3 2/3 hours in going from A to C, and 3 1/6 hours for the return trip, what is the distance from A to C?
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Question 987691: A car left the house and travelled at an average speed of 60 kph. How many minutes will it take for the car to reach the school which 8 km away from the house?
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Question 987769: please show me how to solve:
-16t2+48t=60
ty
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Question 987783: Problem: Suppose two trains leave Corpus Christi, Texas, at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. One train travels 10 mph faster than the other. In 2.5 hours, the trains are 205 miles apart. Find the speed of each train.
I have tried working this out in several different ways and keep coming out with 45 & 55 but that's not the answer and can't understand where I'm going wrong. This is the process that I used is the r*t=d
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Question 987795: The subway train travels 10 miles in 5 minutes. Find the speed of the subway train.
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Question 987684: A car traveled from city X to city Y at a uniform speed of 120 miles/ hr. The car then travels from city Y to city Z at a uniform speed of eof 100miles/ hr. If the distance the car travelled city X and Y is twice the distance the car travelled between city Y and Z , what is the average speed in miles per hour the car travelled between city X and Z
Many thanks for your help
Manoj
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Question 987903: Ben starts walking along a path at 4 mi/h. One and a half hours after Ben leaves, his sister Amanda begins jogging along the same path at 7 mi/h. How long will it be before Amanda catches up to Ben?
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Question 987862: A projectile is launched from ground level with an initial velocity of 89 ft/sec. It's height(ft), t seconds after launching is given by s=-16t^2 + v0t + s0.
a) Fine the time(s) the projectile will reach a height of 100 feet.
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Question 987926: If a family travels for six hours at 55 mph to reach a beach, how far is the beach.
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Question 987845: if an airplane travels at a constant speed of 400 mph, how long will it have to fly to travel 2,000 miles?

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Question 987974: A motorist takes 4 hours to travel 380 km,how long will he take to travel 570 km at the same average speed
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Question 987982: Please show me step by step how to solve this problem ....Two friends drove 6 3/4 hours at at a speed of 58 miles per hour. About how many miles did they travel?
Thank you,
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Question 988042: In the morning, Maria drove to a business appointment at 70 mph. Her average speed on the return trip was 60 mph. The return trip took 0.5 hours longer because of heavy traffic. How far did she travel to the appointment?
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Question 987987: A car waiting on a signal line starts moving with a uniform acceleration of 4m/s^2 , when traffic lights turn green . at the same time a motor cyclist moving with a constant speed of 36 km/h passes the car.find out
a)the distance from signal line at which the car driver over takes the motorcyclist and,
b) speed of car at that time.
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Question 988094: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 7 minutes later and drives 73 mph in the same direction. From the time the carenters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Question 988133: Ed can run a mile in 6min. 30secs. Ned can run a kilometer in 4 min. Who runs at a faster rate?

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Question 988059: If a plane travels 450 mph from LAX to JFK airports one way and travels 500 mph back how many miles did the plane travel if it took 13.3 hours for the round trip?
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Question 988166: If i hiked 2 3/4 miles of trail in 1hr 15mins...how many miles of trail did i walk per hour ?
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Question 988163: light travels at the speed of 3*10^8 (this is in scientific notation) meters per second. How long does it take light to travel one light year (1 light year = 9.46*10^15 --> (this is in scientific notation))? Give the answer in both seconds and hours
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Question 988158: Departure: 11:30 A.M.
Arrival: 2:05 P.M.
Travel time?
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Question 988157: Departure: 6:15 A.M.
Arrival: 4:24 P.M
Travel time?
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Question 988190: Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?

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Question 988200: A person travels by car from one city to another.
She drives for 31.3 min at 78.3 km/h,
10.6 min at 113 km/h, 49.1 min at 32.6 km/h,
and spends 14.9 min along the way eating
lunch and buying gas Determine the distance between the cities
along this route.
Answer in units of km
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Question 988141: The other day Victoria was doing a wheelie on her bike and kept going for 0.8 kilometers. If she was going 3.2 kilometers per hour, how long did she hold the wheelie?

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Question 988127: The displacement of a body from the origin O, at time t seconds is
x = −1−4 t^3+8 t^2+t metres
Find the velocity and acceleration when t = 3.
velocity (m/s):
acceleration (m/s^2)
I think I need to differentiate, but I'm unsure
THANK YOU
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Question 988225: A horse travels at about 75 kph . At this rate how far can it travel in 20 minutes?
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Question 988303: A plane can fly 355 mph in still air. If it can fly 210 miles downwind in the same amount of time it can fly 145 miles upwind, find the velocity of the wind.
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Question 988301: Mark maintains a speed of 8 miles per hour when he jogs. How many miles does he jog in half an hour?
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Question 988299: Departure: 11:30 A.M. Central Standard Time
Arrival: 2:05 P.M. Central Standard Time
Travel Time: ? Central Standard Time
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Question 988297: Departure: 6:15 A.M. Central Standard Time
Arrival: 4:24 P.M. Central Standard Time
Travel Time: ? Central Standard Time
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Question 988297: Departure: 6:15 A.M. Central Standard Time
Arrival: 4:24 P.M. Central Standard Time
Travel Time: ? Central Standard Time
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Question 988355: Mr. Cumming leaves 3.5 hours before Mrs. Cummings. If he averages 65 mph and she averages 75, how long will it take Mrs. Cumming to overtake Mr. Cumming?
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Question 988372: What speed will you need to make a 300 mile trip in 4 and 1/2 hours? Average mph?
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Question 988373: naomi is driving to coolege in colorado,the trip distance is 220 higway miles on secondary roads. she could average only 45 miles per hour over the lenght of the trip.how ever the direct airline distance is 130 miles from her home in denver. a helicopter can fly at an average speed of 3 miles per minute. what is the speed of the helicopter in miles per hour? i know is 180,but i need to see the problem solved,helped please.the equations i need
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Question 988101: A car leaving the exit traveling 60 mph and a truck leaving 10 minutes later traveling 65 mph. When will they meet?
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