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Question 1146220: If you ride a bike for 27 miles and 3 hours what is the constant speed what are the equivalent ratios

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Question 1146228: peter leaves his house at 6:45 am and drives east. At 7:15 am, Paul leaves his house driving east. Paul's speed is 25 mph faster than half peters speed. At 7:35 am, they pass each other on the road. Find Pauls speed if they live 59.3 miles apart.
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Question 1146291: the formula for distance is d=rt, where r=rate ,and t=time, and d=distance. solve for t. now solve to find out how long it takes to drive 385 miles at 55mph

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Question 1146296: Two cyclists start from the same location and ride in opposite directions. One rides at 15 mph and the other at 18mph. If their radio phones have a range of 22mi, how many minutes will they be able to communicate?
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Question 1146304: Ashley swam 8 kilometers against the current in the same amount of time it took her to swim 16 kilometers with the current. The rate of the current was 1 kilometer per hour. How fast would Ashley swim if there were no current?
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Question 1146351: Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM. If he averaged 30 mph and stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is Davao from Pikit?
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Question 1146350: Two engineering students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. One student made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got roots of 2 and -3.
The other student made a mistake in the coefficient of the constant term got roots of -1 and 4. What is correct equation?
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Question 1146348: A major-league pitcher can throw a ball in excess of 35.8 m/s. If a ball is thrown horizontally at this speed, how much will it drop by the time it reaches a catcher who is 17.0 m away from the point of release?
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Question 1146441: A plane flew for 4 hours against a 10 mph wind. It then flew for 3 hours with the same wind. In all the plane flew 3560 miles. Find the rate of the plane in still air.
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Question 1146522: At 8:00am Sue leaves home traveling at 50mph. At 9:00am Jack notices she forgot her briefcase so he leaves to take it to her, traveling at 60mph. At what time will Jack catch up with sue?

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Question 1146581: Two pups are 90 miles apart and moving directly towards each other. One pup is running at a speed of 20 mph and the other is walking at 10mph. Assuming that the pups start moving at the same time, how long does it take for the two pups to meet? You must do a sketch describing the situation and show all work!
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Question 1146580: Two pups are 90 miles apart and moving directly towards each other. Onepupisrunningataspeedof20mphandtheotheriswalkingat10mph. Assuming that the pups start moving at the same time, how long does it take for the two pups to meet? You must do a sketch describing the situation and show all work!
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Question 1146579: when we subtract 10 from the distance between half a real number and -4 we get 4. find the number(s). show all work!
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Question 1146681: A jet has a top speed of 800 km/hr in still air. On a flight from Montreal to St. John's it took 2 1/3 hours with a tail wind. On the return flight to Montreal the jet took 3 hours because it was flying directly into the wind. Find the speed of the wind that day.

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Question 1146724: Ann is riding on a bike course that is
80
miles long. So far, she has ridden
76
miles of the course. What percentage of the course has Ann ridden so far?
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Question 1146769: Please help me answer this question. "A family drove 45 km then hiked 1 km to their campsite. The trip took 1 hour and 15 min. If they drove 55 km/h faster than they hiked, how fast did they drive?"
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Question 1146805: Evaluate the decrease in pressure, in Kpa, on an aircraft corresponding to a drop in flying altitude of 3km.
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Question 1146847: It takes Maya 90 minutes to put a futon frame together, and it takes her friend Sam 60 minutes to put the same type of futon frame together. If they worked together, how long would it take them?
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Question 1146876: A B and C are running in a race A can complete a lap in 120 seconds B can complete a lap in 80seconds and C can complete a lap in 40 seconds if they started the race at 2 pm find the time when they all will meet at the startling point at the same time.
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Question 1146975: A farmer with 200 feet of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular plot next to a barn. The farmer does not fence the side next to barn.ehat are the dimensions of the enclosed plot that has the maximum are?include unitsWhats the maximum area?
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Question 1147005: Bob is training for a race. Bob ran 14.9 miles away from his home. Then, Bob ran 9.8 miles towards his hime. Finally, Bob ran 5.3 miles away from his home. How far is he away from his home?
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Question 1147047: Sam runs 6 miles in 44 minutes. At the same rate, how many minutes would he take to run 9 miles?
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Question 1147082: Victor flew to a city that was 700 miles north and 2,400 miles east of his starting point. How far would
he have to fly in a straight line to reach this city?
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Question 1147084: Two taxi cabs leave in the terminal at the same time. One taxi travels Sm Cebu City at 30 mph. and the other taxi travels pacific mall Mandaue City at 40 mph. How long will it take until the two taxi are 75 miles apart?
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Question 1147091: A boy walked for 3 hours and cycled For 4 hours covering a distance of 80km.
A week later he walked for 2 hours and cycled for 5 hours covering 100km.
What were his average speed for walking and cycling, if his walking and cycling speed were constant
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Question 1147122: Amanda can jog 18 miles in 5 hours.
At this rate, how many miles can Amanda jog in 4 hours?
This is a rate problem.

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Question 1147117: You need to buy some chicken for dinner tonight. You found an ad showing that the store across town has it on sale for $3.19 a pound, which is cheaper than your usual neighborhood store, which sells it for $3.29 a pound. Is it worth the extra drive?
First, determine what information you need to answer this question, then click here to display that info (along with other info).
How much chicken will you be buying? 7 pounds
How much far are the two stores? My neighborhood store is 2.4 miles away, and takes about 7 minutes. The store across town is 8.6 miles away, and takes about 23 minutes.
How kind of mileage does your car get? It averages about 21 miles per gallon in the city.
How many gallons does your car hold? About 17 gallons
How much is gas? About $3.75/gallon right now.
the cheaper option saves you$ ?

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Question 1147193: Noah rides his bike 16 kilometers in 2 hours. What is his average speed?Noah rides his bike 16 kilometers in 2 hours. What is his average speed?
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Question 1147202: Nick’s house is 4.28 miles from school. If he rides his bike at an average speed of 14mph, how long will it take him to ride to school? ANSWER IN MINUTES, ROUND TO THE NEAREST MINUTE AND DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS.
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Question 1147201: Ashley and Brittany are cousins were going on a trip with their families to visit their grandparents Mississippi the families decide to take two cars on the trip but both families leave from Ashley's house and take the same route. Ashley's family drive in one car and a steady rate at 40 mph Britney's family leaves two hours later and drive at a constant rate of 50 mph. both families arrive at the grandparents house at the same time. what is the distance from Ashley House to the grandparents house
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Question 1147215: Can you please help me find the formula for this question?
A jet left Singapore five hours before a passenger plane. The planes flew in opposite directions. The passenger plane flew 315 mph for four hours. After this time the planes were 5670 miles apart. What was the jet's speed?
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Question 1147312: jen & jeff left their home at the same time for their seperate vacation. Jen drove east at an average rate of 75km/h and jeff drove west at an average rate of 60km/h. In how many hours will they be 810 km apart?
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Question 1147349: David and Amy start at the same point and begin biking in different directions. David is biking west at a speed of 17 miles per hour. Amy is biking south at a speed of 15 miles per hour. After how many hours will they be exactly 23 miles apart? Round your answer to two decimal places.
I have tried setting it up as 15x+17x=23 (my answer was 0.72 and it was wrong).
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Question 1147334: A motorboat maintained a constant speed of
24
24 miles per hour relative to the water in going
9
9 miles upstream and then returning. The total time for the trip was
1.0
1.0 hours. Use this information to find the speed of the current.

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