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Question 997449: A car traveled to the capital. On its way there it traveled for 2 hours. On its way back it traveled 5 hours. The averaged rate was 45 mph on its way there. What is the outbound speed?
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Question 997408: The speed of a car is 10 miles per hour more than the speed of a truck. The distance traveled by the car in 5 hours is the same as the distance traveled by the truck in 6 hours. Find the speed of each vehicle.
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Question 997469: two airplanes left airports which are 400 miles apart and flew towards each other. one plane flew 10 miles per hour faster than the other. if they passed each other at the end of one hour and fifteen minutes, what were their rates?
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Question 997493: If a car takes 55 seconds to travel 1 mile then how long would it take to travel 6 miles

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Question 997534: two remote controlled unmanned aircraft are launched in opposite direction one flies east at 75 mph and other west at 85 mph
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Question 997557: Johnny rode his bicycle down a hill. It took him 15 seconds to ride from the top of the hill to the bottom of the hill. The equation h = -3t + 45 models his height, h, in feet, above the bottom of the hill as a function of the time, t, in seconds, after he started riding down the hill.
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Question 997547: a pilot flew to a parcel of land and back in 5 ho
urs. The rate out was 150 mph and the rate returning was 100 mph how far was the parcel of land
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Question 997571: Sophia is travelling at 20mph while Jane travels at 10mph. Their difference in speed is 90mph.
What distance and time will they meet?
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Question 997587: Suppose you drive 360 miles per day.
What is your average driving speed in miles per hour?
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Question 997581: How long will it take you to bike 225 miles at the speed of 15 miles per hour
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Question 997465: 1/4 journey at 25 km/h 1/3 at 30km/h and rest at 50km/h.find average speed
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Question 997595: THERE ARE TWO TRAINS THAT LEAVE FROM THE STAMFORD TRAIN STATION ON MONDAY MORNINGS. THE A TRAIN LEAVES EVERY 12 MINUTES AND THE B Train leaves every 18 minutes. When will they leave the Stamford station at the same time? Show your work.
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Question 997498: An airplane flies 500 miles against a headwind of 40 miles per hour. The plane took 20 minutes longer for this flight that would have been the case in the still air. How fast could the airplane travel in still air?
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Question 997618: if two people are running around a one mile track, and one of them can finish a lap in 14 min, and the other in 21 min, how long will it take one person to lap the other
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Question 997677: It takes you 5 hours drive to a city. If you had driven 10 mph slower, it would have taken 6 hours to get there. How fast did you drive? How far away is the city?
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Question 997713: karen and andrew start out from towns 164 km apart and drive towards each other. Andrew travels at a rate of 40km/h and karen at 48km/h. If karen begins the journey 15 minutes after andrew, how long after andrew leaves will they meet?
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Question 997723: If a person bikes 2.8miles in 10 minutes,how far can he bike in 1.5 hours
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Question 997760: a cyclist goes 3.54 miles in 3.5 hours. what is her speed?
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Question 997833: Eric walked 4 miles due south and then walked east. He is now 12 miles from his starting point. How far did he walk east? Round to the nearest tenth.
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Question 997787: You fly for 7 hours at 320 miles per hour, how far did you go?
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Question 997858: How much time will it take a car travelling at 88 km/hr (55 mi/hr) to travel 500km?
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Question 997858: How much time will it take a car travelling at 88 km/hr (55 mi/hr) to travel 500km?
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Question 997887: If you are traveling at 55 mi/h how many hours would you have to drive to travel 400 miles in one day?
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Question 997917: Bill Drives to work. Because of traffic conditions, he averages 30 miles per hour. He returns home averaging 40 miles per hour. The total time is four and a half hours. Write and solve an equation to find the time Bill spends driving to work.

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Question 997972: A cyclist begins traveling 18 miles per hour at the same time and at the same starting point, an inline skater follows the cyclist's path and begins traveling at 5 mph after how much time will they be 24 mph apart?
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Question 998082: A train averages 48 miles per hour on a 3 day trip from the east coast to the west coast of the United States. if the train travels 21 hours each day for 3 days,how many miles was the cross country trip?
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Question 998088: The total area of Alaska is 589,194.21 square miles.571,950.95 Of that total area is land. If the remaining area is water, how many square miles of Alaska is water?
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Question 998098: A train averages 48 miles per hour on a 3 day trip from the east coast to the west coast of the United States. if the train travels 21 hours each day for 3 days,how many miles was the cross country trip?

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Question 998002: If a helicopter is traveling at 164mph for 2.6 hours, how much distance will it cover?
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Question 998002: If a helicopter is traveling at 164mph for 2.6 hours, how much distance will it cover?
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Question 998123: If you traveled in a car for 45 miles at 30 mph and then traveled for 90 miles at 45 mph, how much time did your total trip take? What is your average speed?
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Question 998069: Bob is driving to florida for the winter. He divides the trip into three days.
The entire trip takes 20 hours, and he drives 3 hours longer the second day than the first, and on the third day he drives 3 hours less than double the first. How long did he drive each day?
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Question 998157: a delivery van drives due east toward its destination at 55 mph. another van drives due west at 60 mph. after 3 hours they are 345 miles apart. how far did each van travel
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Question 998168: If you travel at a distance of 42 mph for 40 min how far would you go
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Question 998170: a jogger covers a distance of 1mile in 40 minitues find the average speed of the jigger in miles per hour
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Question 998215: Dan traveled to the town hall and back. The trip there took 5 hours and the trip back took 6 hours. What was Dan's average speed on the trip there if he averaged 60mph on the return trip?
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Question 998218: Perry traveled to the train station and back. On the trip there he traveked 26 mph and on the return trip he went 65 mph. How long did the trip take if the return trip took two hours?
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Question 998221: Stefan left home and drove west at an average speed of 21 mph. Some time later Shreya left driving in the same direction but at an average speed of 35 mph. After driving for 3 hours Shreya caught up with Stefan. Find the number of hours Stefan drove before Shreya caught up.
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Question 998223: An airplane travels 1800 miles in 2.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 3 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the still wind, and the speed of the wind. Airplane speed:___________miles per hour Wind speed:____________miles per hour,
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Question 998213: Suppose that a cyclist began a 442 mile ride across the western edge of the state, at the same time that a car traveling toward it leaves the eastern edge of the state. If the bike and the car met after 8.5 hours and the car traveled 30.8 MPH faster than the bike, find the average rate of each
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Question 998204: Jose traveled 80 m/s in 60 seconds from his houseto school. What is Jose's average speed?

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Question 998222: A sports car accelerates at a constant rate from rest to a speed of 27.8 m/Sabin 8 seconds. what is the displacement of the sports car in this time interval
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