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Question 1052078: Which doesn't belong and why?
60mi/h?
88ft/s?
500ft/min?
1440mi/day?
Trying to help intermediate son in math. Guess I'm a dumdum. I don't know the answer.
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Question 1052086: Two planes just toke off a mountain. The first plane is travelling 1.5 times as fast as the second one. After travelling in the same direction for eight hours they are for 420 miles apart. What is the average speed of Each plane
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Question 1052127: Calista is walking towards Britney at 3 feet per second. Britney is walking directly away from Calista at 2 feet per second. If it takes Calista 16 seconds to catch Britney, how far apart were the two girls?
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Question 1052121: Two cars starts at the same time from towns760km apart and meet 4hrs later.One car travels 8km/hr faster than the car.whatdistance did each car travel in 4hrs?
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Question 1052138: If you drive for 3 hours at 60mph and then for 2 hours at 70mph, how far will you travel?

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Question 1052228: A snail can move approximately 0.30 m/min. How many meters can the snail cover in exactly 1 hour?
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Question 1052252: A plane flies 420 miles with the wind and 350 miles against the wind in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 15mph, find the speed of the plane in still air.
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Question 1052251: An airplane takes off from an airport at 7:00 a.m. traveling at a rate of 350 mph. Two hours later, a jet takes off from the same airport following the same flight path at 490 mph. How many hours will it take the jet to catch up with airplane?
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Question 1052281: A plane traveled from California and back. It took one hour longer on the way out than it did on the way back. The plane's average speed out was 300 mph. The average speed on the way back was 350 mph. How many hours did the trip out take?
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Question 1052244: A car trip from New York to Cincinnati took 12 1/2 hours. The return trip took an hour longer because the rate was 4 mph less. What was the rate of the trip to NY? What was the distance?
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Question 1052321: A plane flies 1,995 miles in a southwesterly direction from Baltimore to Phoenix in 5.00 hours. What is the velocity of the plane?
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Question 1052241: An airplane traveling 350 miles per hour is at a cruising altitude of 5.4 miles and begins its descent. If the angle of descent is 3% from the horizontal, determine the new altitude after 20 minutes.
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Question 1052373: Sarah ran 38 miles in 6 days. at this same rate how many miles will Sarah be able to run in 10 days
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Question 1052374: Wendy ate 1/5 of an apple in 2/3 of a minute. how long will it take her to eat the whole apple?
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Question 1052377: what is better buy? 6 cheeseburgers for $18.50 or 8 cheeseburgers for $26.75?
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Question 1052375: what is better buy? 30 rolls of toilet paper for $11.95 or 24 rolls of toilet paper for $8.99
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Question 1052393: Determine the miles traveled in 5 hours at a rate of 189 miles in 3 hours.
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Question 1052397: The sum of the speeds of two trains is 721.1721.1 miles per hour. If the speed of the first train is 2.92.9 mph faster than the second train, find the speeds of each.
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Question 1052439: Mike and Pat traveled 392 miles in 7 hours. If they travel at the same rate, how long will it take them to travel 728 miles?
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Question 1052478: Two trains are 432 miles apart, and their speeds differ by 24 mph. Find the speed of each train if they are traveling toward each other and will meet in 4 hours.

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Question 1052461: If two planes flew between two cities at speeds of 200 mph and 260 mph respectively. If the slow plane required one half hours longer how far part of the cities

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Question 1052451: A train leaves New York for Boston, 200 miles away, at 5:00 P.M. and average 65 mph. Another train leaves Boston for New York on an adjacent set of tracks at 3:00 P.M. and averages 75 mph. At what time will the trains meet?
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Question 1052537: Fiora starts riding her bike at 20 mph, then slows down to 12 mph. The whole trip of 70 miles takes her 4.5 hours. For what distance does she travel at 20 mph?
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Question 1052556: If your going 80 miles per hour how long will it take to travel 70 miles
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Question 1052466: Travis made a business trip of
305.5
miles. He averaged
49
mph for the first part of the trip and
61
mph for the second part. If the trip took
5.5
hours, how long did he travel at each rate?
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Question 1052530: Dr. Nelms rode his mule, Go Chuck, for the first 35 miles of a trip at a constant rate. Then for the next 22 miles, Dr. Nelms reduced speed by 4 mph since Go Chuck was getting tired. The total time for the trip was 2 hours. Find the rate at which Dr. Nelms and Go Chuck were traveling on each leg of the trip.
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Question 1052557: Sue and Jane traveled opposite directions. Sue traveled 30mph while Jane travels 20mph sue left 3 hours before Jane. They are 490 miles apart, how much time has each traveled
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Question 1052605: Your average running speed is 6.5 miles per hour. You plan to run at least 10 miles a day as part of a training program. Let t represent the amount of time you spend running.
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Question 1052683: Ryan is rowing a small boat out to and back from an island 20 miles away at a rate of x mph. On the way to the island, he has a tailwind of 4 mph that helps speed him forward. On the way back, the wind has changed directions and is now a tailwind of 4 mph to speed his return trip home. If the total trip to and from the island takes Ryan 5 hours. What is Ryan's rowing speed, x?
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Question 1052743: Car A travels east at a fixed rate of speed. Car B travels west at a speed of 15 miles per hour faster than Car A. If the cars are 150 miles apart after 2 hours, how fast is each car traveling?
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Question 1052750: Two planes start at the same time from points that are 1,550 kilometers apart. How long will it take the two planes to meet if plane A flies at 220 kilometers an hour and plane B flies at 280 kilometers an hour?
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Question 1052741: A train leaves San Diego at 1:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 3:00 PM. The second train travels 30 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 6:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?
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Question 1052771: Jill Traveled 8 and three fouths in distance AND IT TOOK 3 HOURS AND 30 for her arrival. WHATS THE ANSWER

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Question 1052809: if a plane travles an average of 546 mph and flies without stopping to your country how long wold it take me to travle.
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Question 1052818: Adam rode his skateboard 4/12 of a mile on Monday, 3/12 of a mile on Tuesday and 3/12 of a mile on Thursday. How far did he skate on those 3 days?
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Question 1052777: Two buses leave Chicago at the same time in opposite directions. One travels at an average speed of 56mph and the other at 70 mph. In how many hours will they be 378 miles apart? Let x= time of the first bus and you = time of travel for the second bus. Solve the system by using method of addition.
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Question 1052874: two trains are heading toward one another. They are 500 miles apart. Train A is going 175 miles an hour, while train B is going 90. Where do they meet

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