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Question 1034610: Last year's Fourth of July parade was attended by 25,000 people, but this year Attendance was only 21,000. What was the percentage of decrease in attendance?
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Question 1034659: Emma is training for a 10-kilometer race. She wants to beat her last 10-kilometer time, which was 1 hour 10 minutes. Emma has already run for 55 minutes. Which inequality can be used to find how much longer she can run and still beat her previous time? (1 hr = 60 min)

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Question 1034611: Last year's Fourth of July parade was attended by 25,000 people, but this year Attendance was only 21,000. What was the percentage of decrease in attendance?
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Question 1034605: A businessman spends 1/5 of her travel allotment on airfare and 3/10 on hotel accommodations. What percent of her allotment is left?
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Question 1034694: Miguel can walk at a steady pace of 3 mph. What distance will he go if he walks for 2 hr.?
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Question 1034694: Miguel can walk at a steady pace of 3 mph. What distance will he go if he walks for 2 hr.?
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Question 1034696: michael walked at a steady speed to scool and stayed at his scool for a while. Then he went back home at a higher speed.

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Question 1019101: A pharmacist has an 18% alcohol solution. How much of this solution and how much water must be mixed together to make 10 liters of a 12% alcohol solution?

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Question 1034734: "Two trains leave a station at the same time. One train is traveling West at 60 km/h and the other is traveling at 55 km/h. In how many hours will they be 575 kilometers apart?" Please help. I'm totally lost.
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Question 1034737: A 25-foot ladder is placed so that it reaches to a point on the wall that is 5 feet higher than the distance from the base of the wall to the base of the ladder.
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Question 1019099: Sam drove for 2 hours at 45 mph. He has the same distance remaining. How fast should he drive to make his average speed 60 mph?

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Question 1034733: The speed of a boat in still water is 10mph. The boat travels 24 miles upstream and back downstream in a total of 5 hours. What is the speed of the current?
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Question 1034787: Two cars start at same point one travel north at 65km/h and the other travels east at 50km/h.hw far are they apart after 30 minutes
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Question 1034926: starting from his office stephen rode his bike 5 kms in the south direction then he took a left turn and rode his bike for another 12 kms and reached his house how far is his house from the office represented in kilometres
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Question 1034975: A boat travels 426 miles in 27 hours. How much time will it take traveling 150 miles
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Question 1034969: There are 3 different trains. One train leaves every 15 min, the other leaves every 20min and the last one leaves every 45 min. They all leave at 6:15 what time do they leave again at the same time
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Question 1034960: Sandy made a trip to a city 200 miles away and then returned home. Her average speed on the return trip was 10 mph less than her average speed going. If her total travel time was 9 hours, what was her average rate in each direction?
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Question 1035005: If it takes Tom 10 mins to travel 1500m. How long will it take him to travel 8000m.
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Question 1034986: A salesman drives from Ajax to Barrington, a distance of 114 mi, at a steady speed. He then increases his speed by 14 mi/h to drive the 141 mi from Barrington to Collins. If the second leg of his trip took 3 min more time than the first leg, how fast was he driving between Ajax and Barrington?
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Question 1035004: Solve. Round to the nearest tenth of necessary
Two flights left Karr Airport at the same time. One plane flew 250 mi/hr. The other plan flew 375 mi/hr. The faster plane went 750 mi farther than the slower plane and traveled 1 hr longer. How far did each plane travel?
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Question 1035045: Tom drives a truck. His regular trip is a distance of 280 km. He drives at an average speed of 80 km/h.
For safety reasons Tom�s boss puts a speed limiter on his truck. This reduces Tom�s average speed by 10 km/h.

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Question 1034987: It took a crew 8 h 32 min to row 8 km upstream and back again. If the rate of flow of the stream was 7 km/h, what was the rowing speed of the crew in still water?
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Question 1035059: Train T leaves the station at 10am. Twenty minutes later, Train G leaves the same station heading in the same direction as Train T. Train T travels at 50mph while Train G travels at 60mph.
How long, what time and how far are the trains from the station when Train G catches up Train T?
I know d=rt, r=d/t and that t=d/r but I'm truly stuck on this one.
Thank you so much.
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Question 1035057: At 9:00am you begin driving west at 70mph. Two hours later your friend chases you at 80mph. What time is it when you and your friend meet? How many miles did your friend have to drive?
I know d=rt and that r=d/t and that t=d/r
Thank you in advance!
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Question 1035068: find the distance between the two points: (5,8) , (2,4)
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Question 1035069: find the distance between the two points: (7,12) , (1,4)
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Question 1035069: find the distance between the two points: (7,12) , (1,4)
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Question 1035067: you bike 12 miles north & 2 miles east.What is the straight-line distance from your starting point ?
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Question 1035089: Solve. Round to the nearest tenth of necessary

Two flights left Karr Airport at the same time. One plane flew 250 mi/hr. The other plane flew 375 mi/hr. The faster plane went 750 mi farther than the slower plane and traveled 1 hour longer. How far did each plane travel?
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Question 1035093: Please help Me answer this question
Find the value of x if the perimeter of the figure below is 50..
The figure has (x+5) As lenght and width as (x) which is Unknown. .

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Question 1034999: Solve. Round to the nearest tenth of necessary
Mr. Albert drove to his cottage in the mountains at a rate of 45 mi/hr. On the way back he drove at a rate of 50 mi/hr but took a route 15 miles shorter than the route by which he traveled to the cottage. How many total miles did he travel if it took him 1/2 hr longer to go than to return?
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Question 1035107: Hi,
Every day Rachel walks 20 km at a certain speed. One day Rachel left 30 minutes late so she increased her speed by 25 kmh and as a result reached her destination 20 minutes early. How long does she generally take to walk?
Thanks!
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Question 1035186: Greg drove at a constant speed in a rainstorm for
240240
miles. He took a break, and the rain stopped He then drove
196196
miles at a speed that was
99
miles per hour faster than his previous speed. If he drove for
1010
hours, find the car's speed for each part of the trip.
What was the rate of the car in the rain?
what was the rate of the car when the rain stopped?

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Question 1034989: A cyclist traveled
10
kilometers per hour faster than an in-line skater. In the time it took the cyclist to travel
40
kilometers, the skater had gone
20
kilometers. Find the speed of the skater.

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Question 1035183: Mr. Martin traveled to a city 350 miles from his home to attend a meeting. Due to car trouble, his average speed returning was 11 mph less than his speed going. If the total time for the round trip was 18 hours, at what rate of speed did he travel to the city? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
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Question 1035192: what is the answer to A grocer has two kinds of nuts. one costs $5/kg another costs $4.20/kg how many kilograms of each type should be mixed in order to get 60 kg of a mixture worth $4.80
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Question 1035088: Solve. Round to the nearest tenth of necessary

The Schultzes biked 15 mi from Brattleboro to Keene with a tailwind of 2 mi/hr. If the return trip against the wind took 2 hr longer, how fast would the family bike on a calm day?
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Question 1035209: When an airplane flies with a given wind, it can travel 3500km in 5 hours. When the same airplane flies in opposite direction against the wind it takes 7 hours to fly the same pldistance. Find the air speed of the plane and the speed of the wind
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