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Question 1019607: The sum of the speeds of two trains is 718.8 miles per hour. If the speed of the first train is 3.2 mph faster than that of the second train, find the speeds of each train.
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Question 1019598: Mr. Anderson drove 168 miles in 3 1/2 hours. He then drove the next 2 1/4 hours at a rate of 5 miles an hour faster than the first rate. How many miles did Mr. Anderson drive during the 5 3/4 hours?
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Question 1019612: In the middle of its journey from station A to station B, a train was held up for 10 minutes. In order to arrive at City B on schedule, the engine driver had to increase the speed of the train by 12 km/hour. Find the original speed of the train before it was held up, if it is known that the distance between the two stations is 120 km.
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Question 1019610: Frank and his family drove 6 hours everyday during a road trip. Which best represents y the total number of hours driven in x days
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Question 1019721: a consultant traveled 280 mph, traveling 50 mph for the first half, the 65 mph for the second half, the entire trip took 5 hour, how far did the consultant travel at the higher speed?
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Question 1019744: Two cyclists leave from an intersection at the same time. One travels due north at a speed of 18 mph, and the other travels due east at a speed of 24 mph. How long until the distance between them is 90 miles?
I think it's 2 hours something but cannot figure out the mathematical equation to figure it out. Thank you
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Question 1019766: A motorcycle police officer is chasing a car that is speeding at 70 MPH. The police officer is 3 miles behind the car that is traveling 80 MPH. How long will it be before the officer overtakes the car?
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Question 1019902: A circle has a diameter of .5 mile if I walk across the rim at a rate of 2mph how long will it take to walk around the figure?
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Question 1019878: Karen notices that her husband left for the airport without his briefcase. Her husband drives 40 miles per hour and has a 15 minute head start. If Karen drives 60 miles per hour and the airport is 45 miles away, will she catch her husband before he arrives at the airport?
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Question 1019890: write a basic program to fine the distance if the velocity is 8om & time is 4hrs
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Question 1019913: Matt and dan cycle around a cycle track.
Each lap matt cycles takes him 50 seconds,
Each lap dan cycles takes him 80 seconds,
Dan and matt start cycling at the same time at the start line.
Work out how many laps they would have done when they are next to each other at the start line again... isn't it matt- 8 and dan- 5??
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Question 1019914: A penguin travels up to 25 miles per hour. At that rate, how long would it take a penguin to travel 112.5 miles?
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Question 1019914: A penguin travels up to 25 miles per hour. At that rate, how long would it take a penguin to travel 112.5 miles?
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Question 1019916: one out of every 37 pitches is hit into the stands. Out of 148 pitches, how many would you expect to be hit into the stands? please show work. Thanks.
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Question 1019952: Tim drove 17 kilometers west for 10 minutes then 19 kilometers south for 20 minutes. Which item below reports the correct average speed or velocity? Tim's average

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Question 1019966: Ok. The problem is: Two aircraft start at the same time to fly 4,800 miles. One goes 120 miles an hour and arrives 2 hours later. Find the average speed of each plane.
I'm having trouble setting up the equation. Once I have it set up I'll know what to do from there, but I'm not sure what to do to set it up.
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Question 1020030: Mrs. Legg drives 195 miles in 3 hours. At this rate, how many miles does she drive in 5 hours?
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Question 1020051: It takes 20 miles to get from point a to point b. If John was driving from point a to b at a speed of 60mph, how long will it take?
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Question 1020051: It takes 20 miles to get from point a to point b. If John was driving from point a to b at a speed of 60mph, how long will it take?
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Question 1020059: How long would it take to drive seven miles at 50 miles an hour?
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Question 1020038: One sign lights up every 10 seconds. The other sign lights up every 12 seconds. If both signs have just lit up, when will both signs light up at the same time again?
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Question 1020110: James decides to walk home from school today. He lives 3 miles from school and can walk home in 45 minutes. At what rate is James traveling?

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Question 1020122: the area of a field is 340yds. Runners have to complete it 5 times in 6 minutes. How fast do they have to run each lap?
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Question 1020122: the area of a field is 340yds. Runners have to complete it 5 times in 6 minutes. How fast do they have to run each lap?
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Question 1020141: Town B is 8 miles north and 17 miles west of town A. How far are the two towns apart
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Question 1020193: Suppose that during a test drive of two cars, one car travels at 324 miles in the same time it takes a second car to travel 270 miles. if the speed of the one car is 12 miles per hour faster than the speed of the send car, find the speed of the both cars.
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Question 1020278: David's company has to ship 4950 boxes of sprinklers if a truck can hold 550 boxes , how many truckloads does he need to ship all boxes
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Question 1020277: An archaeologist is uncovering the ruins of an ancient square playing field that 81 square yards. What are the dimensions of the playing field
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Question 1020280: A pilot flew a jet from city A to city B, a distance of 2200 mi. On the return trip, the average speed was 20% faster than the outbound speed. The round-trip took 9 h 10 min. What was the speed from city A to city B?
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Question 1020289: Two buses leave the station traveling in opposite directions, one going east and one going west. The eastbound bus travels at
55 mph and the westbound bus travels at 60
mph. If both buses leave the station at 10:00 a.m., at what time will they be
1035
miles apart?
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Question 1020294: A train leaves Orlando at 2:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 5:00 PM. The second train travels 54 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 8:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?
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Question 1020314: A train passes city X at 8.25 am and city Y at 11.05 am. The distance between city X and Y is 320 miles. What is the average speed in miles per hour of the train?
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Question 1020316: wo trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels
14
miles per hour slower than the eastbound train. If the two trains are
750
miles apart after
5
hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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Question 1020264: Nick and James leaves home going in opposite directions. Nick is walking at 4mph and james is jogging at 6mph. after how long will they be 8 miles apart?
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Question 1020342: Alex drives his four wheeler from his house 12.5 km at -145 degrees. Determine how far alex drove his four wheeler west and south from his house
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Question 1020366: Please help me tutors: Peter travelled 450 km in hours
1 . what was the average speed in km/h?
2 . if he travelled at the same average speed, how far could he expect to travel in 7hours ?
3 . if he travelled at the same average speed, how long would it take him to travel in 1080 km?
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Question 1020411: A satellite can move at 17,000 miles per hour. How many hours will it take to reach a star that is three light years away? Recall that 1 light year = 9.5 ∙ 10^12 kilometers and 1 kilometer = 0.62 miles.
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Question 1020440: a car travels at 24mph for 2 hours and 40 mins how far has it travelled

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Question 1020347: After travelling 60km a motorist still has 40% of the journey to travel. What is the total length of the journey?
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Question 1020451: an airplane flies 1710 km in 2 1/4 hours.What is its average speed in kilometers per second
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Question 1020478: A car travels a distance of 50 km in 30 minutes. What is its evarage speed?
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