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Question 996454: Sam and Emily went on a road trip to new York city they drove for 24 hours driving 68 mph on average how far did they drive

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Question 996516: Joseph drives 125 miles in 2.5 hours at the same rate how far will he be able to grave in 6 houra
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Question 996517: On their way back to the university, Jody, Beth, and Dill took turns driving. Jody drove 50 miles more than Beth, and Beth drove twice as far as Dill. Dill drove only 10 miles. How many miles is the trip back to the university.?
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Question 996524: A car travel a contant speed of 108Km/Hr for 0.8 hr.What is the distance travelled in Km. What is the total distance in miles?
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Question 996555: This year the winner of the New York Marathon ran a 8 kilometer event in 24 minutes what is the runners unit rate?

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Question 996580: Every morning Kayla runs to the tracks and back. If the round trip is 3 miles, how far is it to the tracks?
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Question 996614: drivers A and B are 50 mi apart, and they plan to meet at 7 p.m. at a point between them that is 30 mi from A. both drive at 50 mph. what time should each drivers start out?
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Question 996662: I ran two laps around a track in 99 seconds. how long did it take me to run each lap if I ran the first lap at 8.5m/s and the second lap at 8.0 m/s?

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Question 996713: Normally it take 3 hours for a train ti run from A to B one day due to a minor trouble the train reduce the speed by 12 km/hr si it took 3/4th of an hours more than the usual.what is the distance fron A to B.
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Question 996717: it takes 8 hours to fly to chicago at a speed of 600 km/h. how long would it take to fly to chicago at a speed of 800 km/h? pls help with this problem...
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Question 996752: a car travles a distance 45 mi with a speed of 60 how long did it take

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Question 996745: If you ride your bike at an average speed of 3 km/h and need to travel a total distance of 17km, how long will it take you to reach your destination?

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Question 996666: pedro and ivan raced each other in a 24-mile bike race. after 20 minutes, pedro has traveled 5 miles. ivan had spent the 20 minutes traveling at a rate of 16 mph Pedro and Ivan continued bicycling at their original rates. After one hour, Pedro realized he needed to increase his speed to catch up to Ivan. Pedro assumed Ivan would continue to travel at a rate of 16 miles per hour. At what constant speed from now to the end of the race does Pedro need to travel to tie Ivan at the finish line?
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Question 996802: Jessica drove at a speed of 65 miles per hour for two and a half hours. How far did she drive?
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Question 996802: Jessica drove at a speed of 65 miles per hour for two and a half hours. How far did she drive?
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Question 996783: Two bikers started at the same corner, one going east, the other going North. One biker is traveling at 3km/h faster than the other. After one hour, the two bikers are 15 kilometres apart. Find the rate of each.
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Question 996820: Sally walks 20 minutes to get to school . Her school is 3/4 miles from her house . What is her walking speed per hour

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Question 996712: A train leave station A toward station B in half an hour if it train 45 km/hr for the first quarter of an hour at what speed must it the rest the journey complete it in time.
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Question 996875: Flying at an average speed of 580 mph how far would a plane fly in 2 and 1/2 hours?
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Question 996874: Matt walks the rate of 3/4 miles per hour he knows that it is at least 9 miles to Clear Lake how long will it take mat to get there
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Question 996929: the river current is 8 mph. a jet ski can travel 34 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to go 18 miles upstream. what is the speed of th jet ski with no current?
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Question 996930: the sum of three consecutive odd integers is -87. What are the integers?
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Question 996979: Linda and Dave leave simultaneously from the same point biking in opposite directions. Linda bukes at 6 mph and Dave bikes at 10 mph. How long will it be until they are 20 miles apart from eachother?
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Question 996977: A motorcycle traveling 50 mph overtakes a car traveling at 40 mph that had a 3 hr. Head start. How far from the starting point are the two vehicles
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Question 996924: Adiyah drives 4 times as many miles as jacob. Adiyah drives 20 miles. How many miles does jacob drive?
Write an equation
Help please.
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Question 996935: A murder suspect was found 200 miles from the crime scene 150 minutes after the time of death. Assuming he actually committed the murder,how fast (in miles per hour)would he have had to drive in his getaway car? Given this information, is he a realistic suspect?
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Question 996986: From a distance 102 mi apart two cars travel toward each other, starting at 10 a.m. one car travels at 45 mph, and the other at 40 mph. At what point between them and at what time do they meet?
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Question 997006: Alex travels twice as far as john, but only one third as fast. John starts at point x at noon on Monday and travels to point z, 300 away, b y 9:00 pm the same day. If alex starts 3 hour later than john, when will alex reach point z.. ( assuming no stops were made

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Question 997031: dave travels 300 m/ph in 1 hour and 20 minuets what is his rate o speed in anmiles per hour
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Question 997073: How far would a train travel in 'd' hours at 'a' speed of 45 kilmetres per hour?
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Question 996437: Dawis jogs to the gym at 6kph, workout for an hour, and walks home at 4kph. If he is gone for an hour and 50 minutes, How far does he live for the gym?
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Question 997109: Suppose Ben leaves his house and walks to meet Anna. Anna leaves her house 30monutes later and walks to meet Ben. Anna's walking speed is 3mph and Bens is 4mph. When they meet, Ben has walked twice as far as Anna, find the total distance that they walked.
I set the equation like this so far
Anna: D=3(t-30)
Ben: 2D=4t
But the solution said it is 9 miles and when I tried to substitute bens equation in Anna's I didnt get 9 miles I want to know how my setup incorrect and how to get the right answer.
Thank You
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Question 997170: A women can bicycle 22 miles in the same time as it takes her to walk 8 miles. She can ride 7mph faster than she can walk. How fast can she walk
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Question 997142: a 200 km trip was made by canoeing at 5km/h and cycling at 30 km/h. if the total time of the trip was 15 hours, find the distance traveled by each
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Question 997211: You are going to built a rectangle pool with uniform walkway around it. The total area for the pool and walkway is 1800 square ft. If the pool is 16X30, what is the uniform width of the walkway?

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Question 997238: Two trains depart from the station. The first train goes to west and second train goes to north. First train runs faster 5km/ph than second. If, after 2 hours both trains are at the distance of 50km then what will be the average speed of trains? ...
A-15/10km
B-20/15km
C-20/25km
D-25/30km
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Question 997239: A man travels from a town A to another B through a winding road,covering a distance of 300km,if the shortest distance between A and B is 240km.Represented by a straight line AB,what will be his displacement in the direction of the line AB
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Question 997324: A boy walks to school at a speed of 2 mph. It takes him fifteen minutes to get to school. How far away does he live?
I know I have to change the 15 minutes to hours but would I use 0.15 hours or 0.25 hours (a quarter of an hour)
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Question 997437: A motorboat travels 130 km in 5 hours going upstream. It travels 270 km going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 997412: How far has a cyclist traveled if she has been moving at 30 m/s for 5.0 minutes?
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