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Question 1144623: A motorboat travels 145 km in 5 hours going upstream. It travels 205 going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 1144627: Two buses leave towns 732 km apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One bus travels 12 km/h slower than the other. If they meet in 3 hours, what is the rate of each bus?
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Question 1144630: Wyatt left his house and rode his bike into town at 10 mph. Along the way he got a flat so he had to turn around and walk his bike back to his house traveling 5 mph. If the trip down and back took 9 hours, how far did he get before his tire went flat?
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Question 1144743: A boat travels 28 km upstream in 7 hours. It travels 48 km downstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of the boat and the speed of the stream.
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Question 1144785: As dry air moves upward, it expands and, in so doing, cools at a rate of about 1oC for each 100-meter rise, up to about 12 km. If the ground temperature is 10oC on the ground, what range of temperatures can be expected if an airplane takes off and reaches a maximum height of 4 km? (1 km = 1000 meters
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Question 1144790: A car is driving at 65 kilometers per hour. How far, in meters, does it travel in 2 seconds?
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Question 1144803: sam salesman has to get from point a to point b in 2.75 hours and 200 miles. sam takes the interstate and averages around 75 mph for the first 120 miles of his journey. what average speed must sam drive during the remainder of the time in order to get there in time ?
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Question 1144878: Hazel and emilie fly from city A to city B. The flight from A to B is against the wind and takes 2 hrs. The return flight with the wind takes 1.5hrs. If the wind speed is 44mph, find the speed of the plane in still air.

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Question 1144885: From the town proper, Eric went to his farm riding on a bicycle at 15kph. He stayed in the farm for an hour. Leaving his bicycle behind, he took a bus which runs at 30 kph. If he was gone for 7 hours in his hometown, how far from the town was his farm?
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Question 1144899: 1. Two planes leave for Los Angeles at the same time. One heads south to San Diego, the other heads north to San Francisco. The San Francisco plane flies 50 mph faster. In 1/2 hour, the planes are 274 miles apart . What are their speed?

2. Two buses leave the same station at the same time and travel in opposite directions after 8 hour, they are 360 km apart. The speed of the faster bus is 3kph less than twice that of the slower bus. Find the rate of each bus?
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Question 1144894: Arnold sets out for a hike. After walking for some time, he discovers that he left his lunch. A passing passenger bus takes him back home at 40kph. When he gets home he finds out that he was gone for 1 hour. How far did he walk if his rate was 5 kph?

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Question 1144930: A chain weighs 10 pounds per foot. How many ounces will 4 inches weigh?

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Question 1144937: A car travels at a consistent speed of 30 mph. If the driver only travels a distance of 15,840 feet, how long will it take the driver, in minutes?
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Question 1144947: One bus leaves the bus station every 15 minutes, another bus leaves every 12 minutes. At 2:30pm both buses leave the station. At what time will this next happen again?
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Question 1144989: Assume that the stopping distance of a van varies directly with the square of the speed. A van traveling 20 miles per hour can stop in 30 feet. If the van is traveling 22 miles per hour, what is its stopping distance?
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Question 1145015: A swimmer swims 20 m in 40 s. What is the swimmer’s average speed?
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Question 1145027: how much 9% saline solution should Kent mix with 80 cubic centimeter (cc) of a 18% saline solution to produce a 12% saline solution?
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Question 1145072: The population of the U.S. is about 309,975,000, covering a land area of 3,717,000 square miles. The population of India is about 1,184,639,000, covering a land area of 1,269,000 square miles. Compare the population densities of the two countries?

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Question 1145077: value rent-a-car rents a luxury car at a daily rate of $43.77 plus 10 cents per mile. A business is allptted $100 for car rental each day. How many miles can the business person travel on the $100?

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Question 1145130: A whale swims due east for a distance of 6.25 km, turns around and goes due west for 1.88 km, and finally turns around again and heads 8.83 km due east. (a) What is the total distance traveled by the whale? (b) What is the magnitude of the displacement of the whale?
I think for a) 16.96km (6.25+1.88+8.83)
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Question 1145149: Due to continental drift, the North American and European continents are drifting apart at an average speed of about 3 cm per year. At this speed, how long will it take for them to drift apart by another 1458 m?
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Question 1145152: In reaching her destination, a backpacker walks with an average velocity of 1.10 m/s, due west. This average velocity results, because she hikes for 5.61 km with an average velocity of 2.77 m/s due west, turns around, and hikes with an average velocity of 0.376 m/s due east. How far east did she walk (in kilometers)?

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Question 1145150: An 18-year-old runner can complete a 10.0-km course with an average speed of 4.74 m/s. A 50-year-old runner can cover the same distance with an average speed of 4.17 m/s. How much later (in seconds) should the younger runner start in order to finish the course at the same time as the older runner?
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Question 1145182: write an inequalities equation How long will it take steve to walk 21 miles on the day 1 of a 3 day walk if he walks 3.5 miles per hour
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Question 1145212: two boats are going the same speed on beautiful Clear Creek in Colorado. One is heading upstream and travels 60 miles in 3 hours. The other boat is going downstream and is able to travel 132 miles in 3 hours. What is the speed of the water current and the speed of the boats
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Question 1145222: A bus travel on a level road for three hours at an average speed of 20 mph faster than it traveled on a winding road. the time spent on the winding road was three hours. find the average speed of the level Road if the entire trip was 306 miles
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Question 1145228: 4. Ann and Becky run on a straight track. Ann starts 10m ahead of Becky, and runs at a constant rate of 3 m/s while Becky runs at a constant of 4 m/s.
If they both started running at the same time, after how many seconds will Becky overtake Ann?
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Question 1145237: George is driving 40 mph. After going 30 miles, Fred starts driving on the same path at 46 mph.
In how many hours will Fred catch George?
How many miles has each man driven?
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Question 1145240: lisa leaves her friends house runs east for 900m turns south runs till home. if lisa's house is 1.5km in a direct line from her friends house how far south did she run
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Question 1145244: A car used
8 1/2 gal of gasoline on a 204-mile trip. How many miles can this car travel on 1 gal of gasoline?
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Question 1145396: Alex swim at an average speed of 45 meters per seconds how far does he swim in 1 minutes and 24 seconds
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Question 1145410: In March, Isaiah and Freddie had the same amount of money in their savings accounts. In April, Isaiah deposited $210 into his account. Freddie increased the money in his account by 15%. When they compared their balances, they found that they were still equal. How much money did they both have in March?
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Question 1145386: A particle moves according to the parametric equations: y=2t^2 and x=t^3 where x and y are displacements(in meters) in x and y directions respectively and t is time in seconds. Determine the acceleration after 3seconds.
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Question 1145425: I tried doing a question saying "you are planning a 425 mile trip to San Fransisco. you drive 40 miles the first day and an equal amount of miles for the next seven days." I need to find the number of miles but also need to write an equation that will find the number of miles driven
I'm so lost and frustrated because I know it's easy but I've tried to see what number fits and none of them do because it's too big? Like for example I tried 40m^7=425 but the numbers go to the thousands
Thank you for the help!
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Question 1145438: Hello if an airplane averages 550mph, how far can it fly in 4h?

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Question 1145488: A train leaves a station and travels north at 75km/h. Two hours later, a second train leaves on a parallel track traveling north at 125km/h. How far from the station will the second train overtake the first train?

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Question 1145519: Jose and Joshua left the campus at 4:00 pm.Jose is riding a motorbike at the rate of 45 kph due north and Joshua on a bus travels east at 50 kph.How far are they from each other at 6:00 pm?
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