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Question 1037285: A plane leaves Chicago headed for Los Angeles at 550 mph. One hour later, a second plane leaves Los Angeles headed for Chicago at 630 mph. If the air route from Chicago to Los Angeles is 1800 miles, how long will it take (after the first plane takes off) for the first plane to pass the second plane? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Hours?
Miles?
I got 7.87 for hours and 2529 for miles. Its wrong and i cant for the life of me figure out my mistake

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Question 1037349: A truck with a heavy load drove from Boston to New York at 50 mph. After dropping off the load it returned from New York to Boston with a speed of 70 mph. What is the average speed of the truck for the whole trip?
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Question 1037342: A plane can fly 312 miles with the wind in 3 hours, while it takes the same plane 4 hours to fly the same distance against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air, and the speed of the wind.
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Question 1037375: Please help me i am terrible at math even the simplest problem I can make it very complicated. The question is if you were driving along the highway at a constant speed of 45miles per hour. How far do you travel in 3.6 hrs? Also in 7.6 hours?

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Question 1037383: If you drive for 100 miles at 65 miles per hour. And then you drive for 80 miles at 75 miles per hour. What is your average speed for the trip?
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Question 1037440: if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?
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Question 1037440: if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?
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Question 1037440: if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?
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Question 1037505: during a race a runner runs at a speed of 6 m/s 4 seconds later she runs at a speed of 10 m/s what is her acceleration?
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Question 1037515: Hi There,
I was hoping you could help me solve the following mathematical equation which I can not seem to wrap my head around!
I went through a red light camera while the light was still orange and have received a $497 fine. This is my first fine in over 20 years of driving and I am not happy.
The first photograph shows my car had travelled almost a full car's length in the time
the camera's shutters clicked after the light turned red and took the shot.
Are there any other requirements you need to workout this equation?
I would like to fight this fine to keep my driving record clean, but I need to know I can prove I am in the right legally.
I really do hope you can help!
Q) If a car was traveling at 56 Kilometres per hour how far could it get in 0.5 of a
second, and is the distance travelled greater than the length of a 2004 Susuki Liana or a standard size car or more?
Thank you for taking the time to consider and possibly answer my question.
With Regards,
Julie Pederick.

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Question 1037545: Starting from home Hassan walks 1200m east, then 460m south to get to the soccer field
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Question 1019106: Ling lives 2 miles from school. It took him 15 minutes to bike from school to home. The first half of the distance he biked at a speed of 12 mph. What was his speed for the remaining distance? What was his average speed?

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Question 1037577: Zolar Moving company drove a truck from Dryden ,New York, to Morgantown ,west virginia, at an average rate 55 miles per hour. If the trip is 396 mile, how long was the truck on the road?

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Question 1037604: If you were traveling at 40mph for 3.6 hours, then how many total miles have you traveled?
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Question 1037612: Joe leave his home to run to school at a Constant rate of 6 mph. His brother John was not ready on time and left their house 20 minutes after Joe are in a constant rate of 8 mph. How long will it take for John to catch up to Joe? How far from home Will they be when John catches Joe
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Question 1037617: two cars leave the same place at the same time and going to the same place
one is traveling at 43 km per hour
the other at 52 km per hour
how far apart will they be after 40 minutes

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Question 1037625: Chad drove three times as fast Katy could Pedal. Chad drove 90 miles in 2 hours less than it took Katy to pedal 40 miles.
How fast could each of them travel? How long did they travel?
Seriously, thank you guys!
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Question 1037623: You are planning to purchase a new car and have narrowed down your search to two models:
2016 Toyota Prius costs 26800 and gets an average of 50 miles per gallon
2016 Toyota Corolla costs 17900 and gets an average of 32 miles per gallon
In either case, the dealer has offered 0% financing, and you can afford the monthly payments for either car. Assume that all costs of ownership are the same (taxes, insurance, maintenance, etc.) If gas costs 2.40 per gallon, how many miles would you have to drive for the total cost (purchase price and fuel used) of the two cars to be equal?
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Question 1037687: brandy dawson and jason dodge start a motorcycle trip at the same point. both are traveling to san antonio a distance of about 400 kilometers. brandy rides 30 kilometers per hour faster than jason does. when brandy reaches her destination, jason has only traveled to austin, texas a distance of about 250 kilometers. determine the approx. speed of each motorcycle?
identify the variables, write the equation and solve algebraically
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Question 1037730: FOR A 200KM JOURNEY IF A VAN HAD INCREASED ITS SPEED BY 10KM/H , THE JOURNEY WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ONE OUR LESS. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SPEED OF THE VAN FOR THE JOURNEY?
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Question 1037742: For a 200km journey if a van had increased its speed by 10 km/h, the journey would have been completed in 1 hour less. What was the original speed of the Van for the journey?
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Question 1037657: on a test Brenda worked 7 over 30 hours, emma worked 7 over 20 hours, and loura worked 7 over 15 hours which girl worked the least amount of time? how long did the other two girls work on the test
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Question 1037886: a lady traveled 1350 miles by commerical jet from place A to B. she than traveled an additonal 600 miles on a private propeller plane from place B to C. if the speed of the jet was 3 times the speed of the propeller plane and the total time in air was 5 hours, determine the speed of each plane.
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Question 1037889: a paddle boat travels 9 miles upstream (against the current) in the same time it travels 15 miles downstream (with the current) . if the current of the river is 3 mph determine the speed of the boat in still water
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Question 1037626: the average distance from the planet venus to the sun is 6.7*10^7 miles.what is the area of the planar region swept bt the line segment from the center of venus to the center of the sun in one orbit around the sun?assume a circular orbit .
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Question 1037950: A fishing trawler radioed the Coast Guard for a helicopter. The helicopter left the station when the trawler was 600 km away headed towards the station. Average speed of the trawler is 30km/hr and helicopter speed is 300 km/hr. How long does it take the helicopter to reach the trawler?
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Question 1037958: If a truck driver drives his truck at a constant rate of 50 miles per hour on a road that is 425 long. How long will he fake to cover this distance?

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Question 1038129: How long would it take a vehicle to travel 400 feet at 45 mph?
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Question 1038141: Anna took her scooter and headed to the beach driving 20 mph. Breanna left two hours later and headed to the beach on her scooter driving 20 mph.
How many hours did Anna drive before Breanna caught up with her?
I feel like, they don't, because Anna and Breanna are traveling at the same rate, but the answer key says, 6 hours.
And ideas are greatly appreciated!!!
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Question 1038143: How long will it take a train to travel 765 miles at 85 miles per hour?
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Question 1038160: Elsa and Alvin are best friends and share a pet hummingbird called Sandy. Sandy loves to sing to both of them, and when they're apart she has a hard time deciding where to sing! One day after she had been staying at Elsa's, the children left their homes riding their bike toward each other. The homes are 13 miles apart, Elsa rides at 7mph and Alvin rides at 6mph. As soon as Elsa left home,Sandy started flying from Elsa to Alvin at 10mph. As soon as she reached Alvin, she change her mind and flying back to Elsa, and so on and so forth... How far did Sandy fly by the time the friends meet?
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Question 1038189: If Antonio walks 3 miles in 40 minutes, then Antonio will walk how far in 90 minutes? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth of a mile.

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Question 1038241: a driver in the morning is covering 70 miles In the afternoon she covers 100 miles in 12mph less than morning driver what is the average speed in afternoon
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Question 1038260: Carlos runs 5 km in 30 minutes, how long does he runs in 1hour and 15 minutes
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Question 1038280: you travel from city a to city b and back you maintain a speed of 60 mph the entire trip witch last four hours and ten minutes. city C, a city you pass on your trip is 37 mph from city b find the distance between city a and city c justify your answer
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Question 1038326: gerry and rachel love to ride their bikes, and often spend weekend days riding together. Gerry is the faster rider, and on this weekend, she wanted to spend some time riding fast on her own. and some time riding with rachel. They agreed on a route and rachel started riding at 8am at 8 miles per hour. Gerry started from the same place at 10am and rode at 10 miles per hour. At what time did gerry overtake Rachel? How far had they gone by then?
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