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Question 1163453: There are two candles with the thick one half as high as the thin one. The thin candle can be consumed in one hour, and thick one can be consumed in two hours after each is lighted. If they are lighted at the same time, how long in minutes will they be the same height?
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Question 1163467: Sam drives from City A to City B, and he takes 8 hours for the entire trip.
Richard drives from City B to City A, and he takes 10 hours for the trip
assuming they are driving on the same road. If Sam leaves City A and Richard
leaves City B at the same time, how many hours will they meet at a place 40
km away from the halfway? Express your answer as a mixed number.
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Question 1163467: Sam drives from City A to City B, and he takes 8 hours for the entire trip.
Richard drives from City B to City A, and he takes 10 hours for the trip
assuming they are driving on the same road. If Sam leaves City A and Richard
leaves City B at the same time, how many hours will they meet at a place 40
km away from the halfway? Express your answer as a mixed number.
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Question 1163467: Sam drives from City A to City B, and he takes 8 hours for the entire trip.
Richard drives from City B to City A, and he takes 10 hours for the trip
assuming they are driving on the same road. If Sam leaves City A and Richard
leaves City B at the same time, how many hours will they meet at a place 40
km away from the halfway? Express your answer as a mixed number.
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Question 1163495: Amy and Betty start riding bicycles from the opposite ends of a diameter of a circular track with length 200 meters counter clockwise. Amy's speed is 6 meters/sec, and Betty's speed is 5 m/s. Amy catches up Betty how many times in 16 minutes?
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Question 1163495: Amy and Betty start riding bicycles from the opposite ends of a diameter of a circular track with length 200 meters counter clockwise. Amy's speed is 6 meters/sec, and Betty's speed is 5 m/s. Amy catches up Betty how many times in 16 minutes?
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Question 1163484: A yacht sets off from the port in Abu Dhabi and travels 350 km at 1450 towards the Persian Gulf and then cruising north for another 180 km, before finally heading in the direction of N 250E for another 210 km towards the port in Iran. Demonstrate the movement of yacht using a suitable diagram and then find its net distance from the starting point and the end point.
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Question 1163496: An escalator is moving downward from 2nd floor to the 1st floor. Emily walks down from the 2nd floor to the first floor, and she walks 40 steps. Albert walks up from the first floor to the second floor, and he walks 80 steps. If Albert walks twice as fast as Emily, find the number of steps of the escalator when it is stationary.
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Question 1163546: one out of three adults has worked in the restaurant industry at some point during his or her life. In an office of 99 workers, how many of these people would you expect to have worked in the restaurant industry at some point?
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Question 1163588: Albert and Bob start at the same point to run clockwise around a circular track with 600 meters, and they meet every 12 minutes. If they start at the same point to run opposite direction, they meet every 4 minutes. How many minutes do Albert and Bob need to run one lap respectively?
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Question 1163593: A contractor purchases 6 dozen pairs of padded work gloves for $89.28. incorrectly calculates the unit price as $14.88 per pair for the expense report. What is the correct unit price? What is the error?
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Question 1163592: A slower bus has length 125 meters with speed 17 meters per second. A faster bus has length 140 meters with speed 22 meters per second. The slower bus is driving ahead, and the faster bus is catching it up. How many seconds is it starting from the time the head of the faster bus is on the same spot as the tail of the slower bus to the time the tail of the faster bus is on the same spot as the head of the slower bus?
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Question 1163590: Bob steps onto an escalator which is moving up to the 2nd floor. If he walks one step per second on it, he walks 20 steps to reach to the 2nd floor. If he walks 2 steps per seconds, he walks 30 steps to reach to the 2nd floor. Find the number of steps of the escalator when it is stationary.
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Question 1163589: Kenny and Tony start running from the same place around a circular track of 300 meters in the same direction. Kenny runs 6 meters per second, and Tony runs 4 meters per second. When Kenny catches up with Tony the first time, how many meters has he run? When he catches up with Tony the second time, Tony has run how many laps?
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Question 1163670: A and B start running from the same point and along the same direction on a circular track with 300 meters. A runs 5 meters per second and B runs 4.4 meters per second. When they meet the first time, how far in meters is it from the starting point?
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Question 1163671: A dog finds a rabbit 10 meters away from it, and it starts chasing. Every 5 steps the dog runs is the same as 9 steps the rabbits runs, but the time for the dog to run 2 steps, the rabbits can run 3 steps. How many meters does the dog need to run to catch up with the rabbit?
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Question 1163679: Albert and Bob jog around a circular track with length 400 meters. They start at the same time, but Albert is x meters behind Bob. 6 minutes later, Albert catches up with Bob. In another 22 minutes, Albert catches up with Bob the second time. Find the value of x. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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Question 1163677: An escalator is moving up from first floor to the 2nd floor. If Marty stands on it, it takes 30 seconds to reach the 2nd floor. If he walks while the escalator is moving, it takes him 12 seconds. How long does it take if he walks up to the 2nd floor on the escalator while the escalator is not moving?
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Question 1163672: Driving between City A and City B, the ratio of the time Sam takes to the time Richard takes is 5 : 4. If Sam leaves City A and Richard leaves City B at the same time toward to each other, they meet in 40 minutes, and they continue to drive. After Richard arrives at City A, how many minutes later will Sam arrives at City B?
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Question 1163672: Driving between City A and City B, the ratio of the time Sam takes to the time Richard takes is 5 : 4. If Sam leaves City A and Richard leaves City B at the same time toward to each other, they meet in 40 minutes, and they continue to drive. After Richard arrives at City A, how many minutes later will Sam arrives at City B?
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Question 1163673: Sam drives from City A to City B, and Richard drives from City B to City A on the same road. When they meet, Sam has driven 120 km. They continue to drive to their own destination. When they arrive at their destination, they turn around and continue to drive. When they meet the second time, the place is 1/5 of the distance between the two cities away from City B. What is the distance between the two cities?
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Question 1163678: Jerry and Kenny start running from two difference points which are 100 meters away on a circular track with length 400 meters. They both run clockwise. Jerry runs at 5 m/s, and Kenny runs at 4 m/s. Each of them takes a break for 10 seconds every 100 meters. How long will Jerry catch up with Kenny?
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Question 1163678: Jerry and Kenny start running from two difference points which are 100 meters away on a circular track with length 400 meters. They both run clockwise. Jerry runs at 5 m/s, and Kenny runs at 4 m/s. Each of them takes a break for 10 seconds every 100 meters. How long will Jerry catch up with Kenny?
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Question 1163674: If Albert rides a bike from City A to City B, and he takes 6 hours for the entire trip. If Bob rides a bike from City B to City A, and he takes 4 hours for the trip assuming they are on the same road. If Albert leaves City A and Bob leaves City B at the same time toward to each other, when they meet, the place is 2 km away from the halfway. After they arrives their own destination, they turn around, and continue to ride. When they meet the second time, how far is the place is away from the place they meet the first time?
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Question 1163754: Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has no monthly fee but charges for each minute of calls. The second plan has a monthly fee and charges an additional for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?
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Question 1163676: Derek runs onto an escalator to the second floor, but the escalator is
moving downward. He runs 3 steps for each second. 30 seconds after he steps
on the escalator, Kenny runs onto this escalator with 4 steps per second.
The moving speed of the escalator is 1.5 steps/sec, and it has 150 steps.
How many steps left when Kenny catches up Derek? Round your answer to the
nearest whole number.
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Question 1163988: A family is on a road trip. The speed limit during the first 115 miles of the trip is 65 mph, and the speed limit during the last 165 miles is 75 mph. How many miles per hour over the speed limits must they drive in order to arrive at their destination in 3.5 hours?
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Question 1163985: There are two cities, A, and B. A fast train can go from A to B in 8 hours. A slow train can go from B to A in 12 hours. They start from the two cities toward each other at the same time. when they met, the fast train went 192 km more than the slow train. How far is it from A and B?
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Question 1163985: There are two cities, A, and B. A fast train can go from A to B in 8 hours. A slow train can go from B to A in 12 hours. They start from the two cities toward each other at the same time. when they met, the fast train went 192 km more than the slow train. How far is it from A and B?
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Question 1163985: There are two cities, A, and B. A fast train can go from A to B in 8 hours. A slow train can go from B to A in 12 hours. They start from the two cities toward each other at the same time. when they met, the fast train went 192 km more than the slow train. How far is it from A and B?
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