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Question 1031643: Jones covered a distance of 50 miles on his first trip. On a late trip he traveled 300 miles while going three times as fast. His new time compared with the old time was
ANSWER-
(a) three times as much
(b) twice as much
(c) the same
(d) half as much
(e) a third as much
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Question 1031680: a passenger train travels 100 mph faster than a car. In the time it take the car to travel 140 miles
the train can travel 340 mile find the speed of each
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Question 1031672: A State patrol officer is chasing a car he believes is speeding. The officer is traveling 70 mph to try to catch up with the car. But he can't say later that the other car was going 70 mph because the driver would obviously ask , "If we were going the same speed, how did you catch up? Obviously I was going slower than you. I wasn't speeding." The officer sees the driver pass a mile marker, one fourth of a mile ahead. From then marker, it takes the officer five minutes(1/12 of an hour) to catch up. How fast was the driver going?
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Question 1031690: On a 235 mile trip, Clara drove 25 miles before she could set the cruise control to 60 miles per hour. How long did she drive with cruise control?
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Question 1031712: 2 cars take the same route from point A to point B. One's average speed is 30 mph faster than the other. One car travels for 6 hours and the other for 3 hours. How far is it from point A to point B?
Now, my answer is 180 miles. I was able to easily solve that in my head. Can you please tell me how to write that in an equation...
Thank you in advance!
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Question 1031723: a man made a trip of 432 miles by car. if the average speed had been 6 miles per hour faster, the trip would have taken one hour less. how long did the trip take and what was his average speed?
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Question 1031704: A boat, which moves at 20 miles per hour in water without a current, goes 198 miles upstream and 198 miles back again in 20 hours. Find the speed of the current to the nearest tenth.

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Question 1031733: doctor Wei allowed 2 hours to reach an appointment 100 miles away. after driving 60 miles, she realized thta her speed would have to be increased by 15 mph for the remainder of the trip. what was her speed for the 1st 60 miles?
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Question 1031781: Mary's family is driving to Denver, which is 560 miles away. If they average 70 mph, and take 30 minutes breaks every 2 hours, how long will it take?
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Question 1031801: Two people set off to make the same journey between two villages 5 km apart. One goes by car and the other by cycle.
1. The cyclist cycles at a steady speed of 5m/s. How many metres does the cyclist travel? How many seconds does it take the cyclist to complete the journey?
2. The car sets off 500 seconds after the cyclist and travels at a constant speed of 20/s. How many seconds does it take the far to complete the journey?
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Question 1031806: Bob paddled against current for 2 hrs. and then with current for 1 hr. and rested. Rick paddled against current for 2.5 hrs. and then with current for 1.5 hrs. If they paddled a total of 9.5 miles against the current and 20.5 miles with the current and the current is 3 mph. How fast do they paddle in still water?
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Question 1031841: A car travels at 36 mph for 3 hours and 20 minutes, how far has it travelled?
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Question 1031838: An airplane flies 250 km against the wind and 680 km with the wind in a total time of 4 hour. The speed of the airplane is 300 km/h. What is the speed of the wind?
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Question 1031862: Anna beat kirsten by ten yards in a sixty yard race. If they both run at the same pace, how many yards would kirsten be in a hundred yard race?
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Question 1031863: frank went 16 miles at one speed and then caame back going 4mph faster. if the return trip took 40mins less time find the 2 speeds.
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Question 1031904: "How far can an airplane fly from its base, and yet return within 3 hours, if it's outgoing speed is 600 kilometers per hour and it's returning speed is 400 kilometers per hour?" Can you help me with this? I don't understand it at all.
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Question 1031906: "How far can an airplane fly from its base, and yet return within 3 hours, if its outgoing speed is 600 kilometers per hour and its returning speed is 400 kilometers per hour?" Can you help me with this?? Thanks in advance!
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Question 1031905: "An aircraft 200 kilometers away is flying toward an air base at 350 kilometers per hour. How long will it take a plane flying from the base at 450 kilometers per hour to intercept the first aircraft?" Can you help with this, please?
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Question 1031917: "Two families are traveling by car to a camp 280 kilometers away. One family leaves 20 minutes ahead of the other family and travels at an average speed of 40 kilometers per hour. What would the speed of the second family's car need to be if the family is to reach the camp at the same time as the first family?" Please help? I'm lost!
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Question 1031910: if kareh rode her bicycle 5km to school in 30 minutes , what was her average speed? give your answer in km/h
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Question 1031939: A child is running on a moving sidewalk in an airport. When he runs against the sidewalk's motion, he travels 39ft in 13 seconds. When he runs with the sidewalk's motion, he travels 65ft in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the child on a still sidewalk and what is the rate of a moving sidewalk?
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Question 1031938: A child is running on a moving sidewalk in an airport. When he runs against the sidewalk's motion, he travels 39ft in 13 seconds. When he runs with the sidewalk's motion, he travels 65ft in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the child on a still sidewalk and what is the rate of a moving sidewalk?
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Question 1031926: Austin runs each lap in 6 minutes. He will run at least 30 minutes today. What are the possible numbers of laps he will run today?
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Question 1031965: N5145 is chasing N5455. N5145 is traveling at 240 mph and N5455 is traveling at 180 mph. If they are 10 miles apart, when will closure occur? (in minutes)
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Question 1031959: To travel 60 miles, it takes Sue, riding a moped, 2 hours8
less time than it takes Doreen to travel 50 miles riding a
bicycle. Sue travels 10 miles per hour faster than Doreen.
Find the times and rates of both girls.
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Question 1032000: Nicki has eight identical blue socks and eight identical green socks all mixed up in her drawer. If she reaches in without looking, what is the minimum number she must pull out to get a matching pair?
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Question 1031935: A BOAT GOES 20 KNOTS AT 210 DEGREES AND THE CURRENT GOES 5 KNOTS AT 160 DEGREES. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL SPEED THE BOAT WILL GO? PUT ANSWER TO THE NEAREST TENTH, NO UNITS.
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Question 1032031: Two jets leave an air base at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One jet travels
94

/mih
slower than the other. If the two jets are
5216mi
apart after
4
hours, what is the rate of each jet?

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Question 1031893: a ship leaves port and travel on a constant course and a constant speed. after 2 hours the ship is 55 miles south and 20 miles west what is the course and speed?
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Question 1032059: On a recent 150 mile trip, Dr jones car used approximately 8 and 1/3 gallons of gasoline. At that same rate how much gasoline should he expect to use on a 700 mile trip?
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Question 1032108: Katie can bicycle 69 miles in the same time as it takes her to walk 21 miles. She can ride 8 mph faster than she can walk. How fast can she walk
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Question 1032077: Two buses leave towns
900km
apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One bus travels
18

/kmh
faster than the other. If they meet in
5
hours, what is the rate of each bus?
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Question 1032131: If my target destination is 20km and the speed of my car is 100km per hour, how long would it take for me to reach my destination?
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Question 1032211: Calculate the average speed of a bicyclist who travels 20miles in 60minutes
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Question 1032199: Hi, can anyone help me with this homework question? A car gets 22 miles to the gallon (mpg) in the city and 30 mpg on the highway. The car is driven 465 miles on 18.4 gallons of gas. How many miles were driven in the city ? And how many miles were driven on the highway?
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Question 1032232: a ship leaves port and travels on a constant course with a constant speed. after two hours, the ship is 55 miles south and 20 miles west. what is its course and speed?

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Question 1032251: Who's faster? Kendra who rides her bike add 0.25 mi./m or Joey who writes his bike at 20 ft./s
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Question 1032327: A chemist has two solutions of hydrochloric acid in stock: a 50% solution and an 80% solution. How much of each should be used to obtain 100 milliliters of a 68% solution?
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Question 1032339: at 9am a red car began a journey from the office, traveling at 40mph. At 10 am a blue car started traveling from the same office at 60mph in the same direction as the red car. At what time will the blue car pass the red car?
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