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Question 1108157: The distance between New Orleans and Chicago is 912 miles. On a map of the United States, this distance is 8 inches. If the distance between Milwaukee and Seattle on this Same map is 17 inches, find the actual distance
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Question 1108133: Two planes leave New Orleans at the same time. Plane A heads north and Plane B heads south. After 2 hours and 30 minutes, the two planes are 2782.5 miles apart. Also, Plane A is traveling 59 mph faster than Plane B.
a.) At what speeds are the two planes traveling at?
b.) How far did each plane travel?
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Question 1108213: Trains on the Glasgow Subway depart every 4 minutes, and a complete circuit takes 24 minutes. Ewan sets off at 8.30 am on a train round in one direction at the same time as another train leaves in the opposite direction. How many trains will he pass on a complete circuit back to his starting station? (Do not count trains at the start or end station.)
My thoughts:
I was thinking that Ewan is on the train for 24 minutes, so 24/4=6, meaning he stops at 6 stops. Since buses leave every 4 minutes, he encounters 6 buses. This is supposed to be a challenging question, so am I missing something?
Thank you in advance! Your help is much appreciated!
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Question 1108250: What is the speed of a runner who is running a 100 meter dash in 400 secnds? What is his average velocity if he started from rest
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Question 1108263: A rider on horseback travels from point Narnia to Archenland at an average speed of 20 miles/hour and returns at an average of 18 miles/hour. If the round trip takes 8 hours, find the distance between Narnia and Archenland.
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Question 1108236: according we are looking 94� and can see 70 miles away approximately what community is at the horizon ?
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Question 1108253: A car travels from Town S to Town T in three hours. If a straight line were drawn between the two towns, it would be 153 miles long, but the road that travels between the two towns is not straight and so the car traveled 198 miles to make the journey. What was the magnitude of the car's velocity and why is that your answer?
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Question 1108277: Last weekend, Syanne had to run from her house to the spot where she had left her scooter. Her running pace was 6 mph. After reaching her scooter, she then rode back to her house at a rate of 16 mph. Syanne�s entire trip took 2 1/2 hours. How far from her house had Syanne left her scooter? (Round to the nearest tenth of a mile)
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Question 1108287: Sean has to commute 35km to get to school everyday. What distance does he travel in cm?
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Question 1108252: Calculate the distance travelled by a car with a velocity of 30/s it increase its speed to 60m/s in 2 hours.assume a acceleration is constant
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Question 1108044: A cargo plane flew from the US across the Atlantic at two hundred forty three mph and flew back to the US at two hundred sixty three mph. Given that the first trip took two hours long was the flight to NYC.
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Question 1108303: To prepare for a marathon run, Sue ran
56
56 miles before she blistered her heel, and then she walked
1
1 additional mile. Her running speed was
16
16 times as fast as her walking speed. She was running and walking for
9
9 hours. Find Sue's running speed.
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Question 1108242: Jessica left the city traveling at fifty seven mph, while, at the same time, Benny left the city going the opposite direction at q speed of seventy six mph. Find the time Jessica traveled before the two were one hundred sixty Nine miles apart.
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Question 1108377: An airplane traveled north for 250 mile, and west for 325 miles before reaching its destination. If it will travel straight from its starting point to its final destination, what must be its bearing and how far must it travel?
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Question 1108395: A donkey is tied with a rope to a post which is 15m from a fence.If the length of the rope between the donkey and the post is 17m, calculate the length of the fence within the reach of the donkey.
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Question 1108427:
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Question 1108489: Kathy bikes 7km/h faster than Dan. In the same time it takes Dan to bike 45 km, Kathy can bike 66 km. How fast does each person travel?
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Question 1108544: Trains on the Glasgow Subway depart every 4 minutes, and a complete circuit takes 24 minutes. Ewan sets off at 8.30 am on a train round in one direction at the same time as another train leaves in the opposite direction. How many trains will he pass on a complete circuit back to his starting station? (Do not count trains at the start or end station.)
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Question 1108579: warren lived 60 miles from work, he drove at an average of 45 mph and arived 15 minutes after the 8:00 starting time, when did he leave his home?
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Question 1108617: Mr.jones runs 1.2 miles and 12 minutes . If he ran for an hour ,at what rate ,in miles per hour , did mr. jones run?

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Question 1108617: Mr.jones runs 1.2 miles and 12 minutes . If he ran for an hour ,at what rate ,in miles per hour , did mr. jones run?

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Question 1108659: The distance between Cleveland to Chicago is 345 miles. A train, traveling 45 mph, leaves Chicago heading to Cleveland at the same time as another train, traveling 30 mph, leaves Cleveland heading to Chicago. How long will it take for the two trains to meet?
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Question 1108663: Ariana is 130 miles away from Sophia. They are traveling towards each other. If Sophia travels 6 mph faster than Ariana and they meet after 5 hours, how fast was each traveling?
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Question 1108525: There are 3 clocks in Humphreys House. The first clock chimes every three minutes and the second clock chimes one minute after the first one. The third clock chimes every six minutes. If Humphrey hears the three clocks chime at the same time between 10:45 am to 10:55 am. How long would he have to wait before the three clocks chime together again?

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Question 1108737: Jim left Denver on a bicycle riding at 12 mph. Four hours later Sally left by car, driving at 52 mph over the same route. How long will it take Sally to overtake Jim?
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Question 1108770: Julia traveled for 2 hours on the highway and 3 hours on a side road. Her speed on the highway was 25 mph faster then on the side road. She traveled a total of 275 miles. How fast did she travel on the side road?

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Question 1108764: How long will it take to get from Milwaukee to Chicago if you�re traveling at 320 mph
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Question 1108809: One number is nine less than a second number. Three times the first is 12 more than 4 times the second. Find the numbers.
The value of the first number is _
the vaule of the second number is _
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Question 1108807: Find how many quarts of 5% butterfat milk and 1% butterfat milk should be mixed to yield 120 quarts of 4% butterfat milk.
The mixture should contain
___ quarts of the 5% butterfat milk.
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Question 1108861: Batman leaves Gotham city in the Batmobile, driving at an average speed of 95 miles per hour. Four hours and twenty minutes later, the Flash leaves Gotham, chasing Batman at a rate of 250 miles per hour. How kind does it doe the Flash to catch Batman?
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Question 1108806: A plane traveled 2992 miles with the wind in 5.5 hours and 2563 miles against the wind in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
The speed of the plane in still air is
___ mph. (Simplify your answer.)
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Question 1108808: A woman bought some large frames for $17 each and some small frames for $7 each at a closeout sale. If she bought 23 frames for $241, find how many of each type she bought.
She bought ____ large frames.
She bought ___ small frames
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Question 1108948: Bill can row 3 mph in still water. It takes him 3 hours 36 minutes to go 3 miles upstream and return. Find the speed of the current.
I know this problem is d=rt kind of problem. I did the math and the answer that I came up with 3 mph. Which now thinking about it doesn't sound right.
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Question 1108941: Sue rowed her boat across Lake Bend and back in 3 hours. IF her rate returning was 3 mph less than the rate going, and if the distance each was 7 miles, find her rate going.
I already tried doing this problem and the answer(s) that I got was 1.19 going and 1.81 returning. [the answers were rounded).
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Question 1109003: It took Eric 11 hours to drive to a family reunion. On the way home, he was able to increase his average speed by 18mph and make the return drive in only 8 hpurs. Find his average speed on the return drive.
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Question 1108992: Jeremy is traveling to his grandmother's house. After 3 hours, he travels 165 miles. Which of the following applies to this situation? Note: Time can be portions of an hour.
Proportional
Not Proportional
Domain = positive integers
Domain = all positive real numbers
Range = all positive integers
Range = all positive real numbers
Linear
Not Linear
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Question 1109022: Margaret drove to a business appointment at 80 mph. Her average speed on the return trip was 70 mph. The return trip took 1/7hr longer because of heavy traffic. How far did she travel to the appointment?
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Question 1109053: A person facing south takes a quarter turn to her left. She then walks 10 paces straight ahead and stops.She rotates 180 degrees and walks another 10 paces straight ahead.
After following these directions, this person is
20 paces from where she started and is facing west
20 paces from where she started and is facing east
In the same place as where she started and is facing east
In the same place as where she started and is facing west
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