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Question 993133: a cyclist travels 50 miles at an average rate, r, then travels 5 miles per hour faster during the return trip. write an expression that describes the total time of the trip.

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Question 993101: A truck travels 72 Miles on 6 gallons of gas. How many kilometers per liter does the truck travel?
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Question 993248: A boy can row a boat a constant rate of 5 mi/hr in still water. He rows upstream 28 minutes and then travels downstream returning to his starting point in another 12 minutes. upstream net speed equals 5 - x miles per hourand downstream net speed equals 5 plus x miles per hourfind the right of the current in miles per hour find the total distance traveled in miles
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Question 993361: David leaves his house ,jogging down the street at 8mph. Once david has gone 1/4 mile, Jacob comes out and follows him at a rate of 8.5 mph. How long will it take jacob to catch david? In minutes
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Question 993379: What is the difference in stopping feet for a car traveling @35 mph on a 4 degree decline compared to a car traveling @ 25 mph on a 4 degree decline given the car weighs 5,500 lbs?
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Question 993405: Going 315 miles in 3 hours and 30 minutes, Find the speed
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Question 993412: How long will it take you to ski a distance of 36 miles at a speed of 3 miles per 30 minutes?
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Question 993387: a boat is traveling at 30 miles per hour at a bearing of 35 degrees. The river current is flowing 5 miles per hour at a bearing of 115 degrees. What will the overall velocity of the boat be?

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Question 993413: If a plane is shopping 300 miles per hour how long will it take to travel 1800 miles?
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Question 993415: a car is traveling at 15mls starts to decelerate steadily. it comes to a complete stop in 10 seconds. what is its acceleration?

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Question 993534: If a plane travels 170 miles per hour how much would it travel in 45 mins?

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Question 993560: An airplane flying with the wind can cover a certain distance in a = 4 hours. The return trip against the wind takes b = 6 1/2 hours. How fast is the plane and what is the speed of the wind, if the one-way distance is c = 1040 miles?
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Question 993566: How long will it take you to ski a distance of 36 miles at a speed of 3 miles per 30 minutes?

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Question 993541: a motorboat maintained a constant speed of 15 miles per hour relative to the water in going 10 miles upstream and then returning. The total time for the trip was 1.5 hours. use this information to find the speed of the current.
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Question 993613: Chris is driving across the country. She drives for 5 1/2 hours each day. the first day, she drove a total of 264 miles. driving at this same rate, how far can chris drive each week on the average?
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Question 993623: A pilot flew a jet from A to B, a difference of 2500 km. On the return trip, the average speed was 20% faster than the out-bound trip. The round-trip took 9 hours and 10 minutes. What was the speed (in kph) from A to B?
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Question 993575: Jina drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took
12
hours. When Jina drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took
8
hours. If her average rate was
20
miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Jina live from the mountains?
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Question 993681: Two vehicles leave the same corner at the same time and travel at a right angle to each other. One vehicle travels 4 kilometers an hour faster than the other. If after one hour the vehicles are 20 kilometers apart, find the rate of each vehicle.
How would I set up this problem?
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Question 993618:

Two small airplanes started out at the same time from two cities 1,470 kilometers apart and met in 3 hours. If the rate of one was 230 kph, what was the average speed of the other?

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Question 993724: An airplane flies 750 miles due west in 1.5 hours and 750 miles due south in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the airplane?
My teacher said to use
M=
(rate of going)(time of going)+(rate of return)(time of return)
___________________________________________________
Time of going+ time of return
First we are supposed to find the trip rates which is d=rt
I attempted this problem but I don't think I did it right or I didn't do something would you please show me the steps to solve this problem? It would help a lot please and thank you.
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Question 993739: The speed of a cruise ship is 37 mph. How far will the ship travel in 2 days?
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Question 993619: Two groups of students went to Alabang, one in a jeepney and the other in a bus. The jeepney left Quiapo at 6:30 AM and traveled at an average rate of 75 kph. The bus left Quiapo at 7:00 AM. The two groups arrived together in Alabang at 8:30 AM. What was the average speed of the bus?
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Question 993694: A truck driver takes between 3.5 and 4 hours to make a 90 mile trip. The average speed in miles per hour, for such a trip is between ______?
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Question 993830: if an airplane flies for 3.5 hours going 700 mph how far will the plane go
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Question 993835: A hyena spots a giraffe 0.3 mile away and begins running toward it. The giraffe starts running away from the hyena just as the hyena begins running toward it. A hyena can run at a speed of 40mph and a giraffe can run at 32 mph. how long will it take the hyena to overtake the giraffe?
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Question 993836: If you are traveling at the constant speed in number 8, how long would it take you to travel 125 miles?

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Question 993844: How much time taken by helicopter to cover 350km?
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Question 993921: A women rowed a canoe for 3.8 miles at 12 mi/hr how long was her trip in minuets

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Question 993953: A man travels 6 hrs on the freeway and the next 3 hrs with a reduced sped of 20 miles per hour on a country rd, if the total miles travel was 543 miles then how what was the speed on the freeway
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Question 993954: Christie pilots her plane for 300 mi against a headwind in 2 hrs. The flight would take 1 hr and 30 mins with a tailwind of the same speed. Find the Headwind and the speed of the plane in still air.
The speed of the headwind on the plane is ___mph and the speed of the plane in still air is ___mph.
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Question 993864: Two trains of length 55 metres and 65 metres travel in opposite directions with speed 70 km/hour and 50 km/hour respectively. Find the time taken for them to completely cross one another.
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Question 993957: Wendy took a trip from city A to city B, a distance of 910 mi. She traveled part of the way by bus, which arrived at the train station just in time for Wendy to complete her journey by train. The bus averaged 30 mi/h, and the train averaged 115 mi/h. The entire trip took
10 1/2h.
How long did Wendy spend on the train?
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Question 993871: You are trying to swim as many laps as your friend did. After 10 minutes, you have 25 laps left. After 15 minutes, you have 15 laps left. How many laps did your friend swim? How much longer will it take you?
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Question 993999: A man intends to run a certain distance in 1/4 th less than he usually takes. By what percentage must he increase his running speed to accomplish this goal?
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Question 994005: Please help me i'm weak in speed/distance chapter
Ques1.
Two drivers, Mike and Peter, travel from Town A to Town B, 112 km away.
They start at the same time and take the same route.
They travel at the average speed of 56 km/h and 64 km/h respectively.
When Peter reaches Town B, how far behind is Mike?
Quest2.
The distance between two town X and Y is 28 km. A car and a lorry leave X at 08.00 to travel to Y. On arriving at Y, the car then returns to X on the same route. When the two vehicles meet, the distance they have travelled are in the ratio 3:5. The average speed of the lorry is 42 km/h.
Calculate
(a) the time at which the two vehicles meet.
(b) the average speed of the car in km/h
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Question 994018: Two planes are 485 mi apart and are traveling toward each other. One plane is traveling 150 mph faster than the other plane. The planes pass each other in 0.5 h. Find the speed of each plane.
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Question 994048: Mike made a trip in 40 hours. Joe made the same trip in 30 hours because Joe was traveling 6mph faster than Mike. How many miles was the trip?
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Question 994016: Mr. Jones Traveled to Ontario on vacation this summer. He traveled 1260 KM in 10.6 hours. What was his average speed?
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Question 994055: If it takes 1.5 days to travel 3,455 kilometers, how fast in mph would they have to travel to make it from new York from Arizona in that time frame?

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Question 994091: amit walked 30 meters towards east,turned right and walked 40 meters and turned left and walked 30 meters.In which direction is he now from the starting point?
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Question 994138: I have a word problem with answers in multiple choice but my answer isnt with the choices. Please help.
The total distance around the academic oval is 2.2 km. If a jogger can go around the oval 3 times in 1 hour, what is his speed in meters per second?
a.) 36 2/3
b.) 6 1/9
c.) 11/18
d.) 11/180
When I solve it, I multiply 2.2 km with three then convert it to meters (2.2 x 3 = 6.6km; 6.6km= 6600 m). After that, I convert 1 hour to seconds (60 mins x 60 seconds = 3600 seconds). After that, I divided 6600m with 3600seconds and get 11/6 as my answer. Ive asked my friends but they also get the same answer as mine. Help please!! Thank you!!!!
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Question 994137: how far in kilometers, will a car travel in 3 hours at an avarage speed of 60km/h?

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