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Question 1197739: suppose two trains leave a station at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. Train B travels 20 mph faster than Train A. In 4.5 hours, the trains are 459 miles apart. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 1197743: Suppose two trains leave a station at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. Train B travels 20 mph faster than Train A. In 3.5 hours, the trains are 364 miles apart. Find the speed of each train.
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Question 1197865: An airliner flies against the wind on one leg of its round trip in 7.5 hours. It flies back to its starting point, with the wind in 7 hours. If the average speed of the wind is 15 miles per hour, what is the speed of the airliner in still air?
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Question 1197866: Jack leaves his home, traveling north at an average rate of 55 miles per hour. Five hours later, his wife, Frances, leaves home and takes the same route traveling at an average rate of 80 miles per hour. How long will it take Frances to catch Jack?
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Question 1197866: Jack leaves his home, traveling north at an average rate of 55 miles per hour. Five hours later, his wife, Frances, leaves home and takes the same route traveling at an average rate of 80 miles per hour. How long will it take Frances to catch Jack?
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Question 1197978: A passenger train leaves a train station on schedule. A freight train had departed from the same station 2hours before the passenger taron. The passenger train is headed in the same direction as the freight train at an average speed of 16km/hr. The passenger train catches up with the freight train in 4hours and overtakes it. Calculate speed of the freight train
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Question 1197978: A passenger train leaves a train station on schedule. A freight train had departed from the same station 2hours before the passenger taron. The passenger train is headed in the same direction as the freight train at an average speed of 16km/hr. The passenger train catches up with the freight train in 4hours and overtakes it. Calculate speed of the freight train
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Question 1197978: A passenger train leaves a train station on schedule. A freight train had departed from the same station 2hours before the passenger taron. The passenger train is headed in the same direction as the freight train at an average speed of 16km/hr. The passenger train catches up with the freight train in 4hours and overtakes it. Calculate speed of the freight train
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Question 1198068: A truck is traveling at the constant speed and covered 90 miles in 1.5 hours. one mile is approximately 1.6 kilometers. approximately how fast is a truck traveling in kilometer meters per hour? explain or show clear steps for how you determine your answer.
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Question 1198068: A truck is traveling at the constant speed and covered 90 miles in 1.5 hours. one mile is approximately 1.6 kilometers. approximately how fast is a truck traveling in kilometer meters per hour? explain or show clear steps for how you determine your answer.
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Question 1198125: A car drives 500 ft on a road that is inclined 12° to the horizontal. The car weighs 2500 lb. Thus gravity acts straight down on the car with a constant force F = -2500j. Find the work done by
the car in overcoming gravity.
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Question 1198433: At 10 am, two automobiles are moving away from a busy intersection. One moves at a speed of 40 miles per hour toward the North, while the other moves at a speed of 30 miles per hour toward the South. How many hours do they have to travel 300 miles apart?
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Question 1198495: A long-distance runner started on a course at an average speed of 7 mph. Half an hour later, a second runner began the same course at an average speed of 9 mph. How long after the second runner starts will the second runner overtake the first runner?
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Question 1198586: The tall ship makes the trip in 10 hours to yacht makes the trip in 2.5 hours the tall ship is 30 kn slower than the art for each boat the trip time multiplied by the speed equals distance traveled you know both boats will travel the same distance how fast does each boat traveling in knots nautical miles per hour
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Question 1198586: The tall ship makes the trip in 10 hours to yacht makes the trip in 2.5 hours the tall ship is 30 kn slower than the art for each boat the trip time multiplied by the speed equals distance traveled you know both boats will travel the same distance how fast does each boat traveling in knots nautical miles per hour
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Question 1198586: The tall ship makes the trip in 10 hours to yacht makes the trip in 2.5 hours the tall ship is 30 kn slower than the art for each boat the trip time multiplied by the speed equals distance traveled you know both boats will travel the same distance how fast does each boat traveling in knots nautical miles per hour
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Question 1198566: A train traveling from Avondale to Bimmaeus stops at a cracked rail after 1 hour, and the engineer spends half an hour fixing it. After which it proceeds at four fifths its usual rate to make it easier to check for problems, arriving at Bimmaeus 2 hours late. If the train had covered 80 miles more before the accident, it would have been just one hour late. What is the train's usual speed?
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Question 1198566: A train traveling from Avondale to Bimmaeus stops at a cracked rail after 1 hour, and the engineer spends half an hour fixing it. After which it proceeds at four fifths its usual rate to make it easier to check for problems, arriving at Bimmaeus 2 hours late. If the train had covered 80 miles more before the accident, it would have been just one hour late. What is the train's usual speed?
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Question 1198566: A train traveling from Avondale to Bimmaeus stops at a cracked rail after 1 hour, and the engineer spends half an hour fixing it. After which it proceeds at four fifths its usual rate to make it easier to check for problems, arriving at Bimmaeus 2 hours late. If the train had covered 80 miles more before the accident, it would have been just one hour late. What is the train's usual speed?
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Question 1198708: Suppose you have a powerboat with the throttle set to move the boat at 8 mph in calm water, and the rate of the current is 4 mph. a. What is the speed of the boat when traveling with the current? b. What is the speed of the boat when traveling against the current?
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Question 1198781: Krystal left the hospital and drove toward the lake at an average speed of 45 km/h. -
Heather left four hours later and drove in the opposite direction with an average speed of 80 km/h. Find the number of hours Heather needs to drive before they are 430 km apart.
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Question 1198865: Two siblings attend the same school. The brother takes 40 minutes to walk home, while his
sister takes 30 minutes. If they arrive home at the same time, what portion of the distance had
he covered when she left school?
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Question 1198847: Gerald runs faster than Joshua. Daniel runs faster than Gerald. Enrique is the fastest child in the group. Joshua is the slowest child in the group. Arrange them from fastest to slowest using Polya's Method.
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Question 1198775: Because of the effect of the TRAIN LAW, Anna, Jennifer, and Khaeh each decided to take two jobs, but
no two have the same occupation. The occupations are nurse, accountant, singer, architect, cartoonist,
and interior designer. Given the information below, determine the occupations of each individual.
a. The nurse had lunch with the singer.
b. The singer went fishing with Anna, who is not a cartoonist.
c. The interior designer is related to the accountant.
d. The nurse hired the interior designer to do a job.
e. Jennifer lives next door to the cartoonist.
f. Khaeh beats Jennifer and the interior designer at tennis.
g. Khaeh is not the nurse.
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Question 1198900: Tony drives 20 000 km in a car that has five tires, four of which are in use at any one time. Tony rotates the tires so that each tire is used the same number of kilometers. The number of kilometers that each tire is used is:
a) 4000
b) 5000
c) 16000
d) 18000
e) 20000
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Question 1199184: Mrs. Watt traveled between two cities that were 750 kilometers apart. On the return trip, she increased her travel rate of travel by 20 kilometers per hour and made the trip in 10 hours less time. Find her rate of travel in each direction.
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Question 1199183: Mrs. Watt traveled between two cities that were 750 kilometers apart. On the return trip, she increased her travel rate of travel by 20 kilometers per hour and made the trip in 10 hours last time. Find her rate of travel in each direction.
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Question 1199211: Hello, can you please help me with this question? A ball is thrown upward with an initial speed of 19.6 m/s. When is the ball opposite a roof top that is 14.7 m high? Use the formula h = rt - 4.9t^2 where h is the height.
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