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Question 246104: A plane flew for 576 miles directly into a strong wind and then flew back with the same wind. If the total flying time was 5 hours, and the plane's airspeed was 250 mph, what was the speed of the wind?
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Question 246136: if a car is traveling 16mph. how far does it travel in 1 sec?
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Question 246140: a car passes a given point at 30 mph and travels to the next point one mile away what speed does it need to do for the next mile to make an average speed over the entire journey of 60 mph
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Question 246297: Jack and Jim start at the same time to ride from place A to place B, 60 miles away. Jack travels 4miles an hour slower than Jim. Jim reaches B and at once turns back meeting Jack 12 miles from B. The rate of Jack was:
(A)4 mph (B) 8 mph (C) 12 mph (D) 16 mph (E) 20 mph

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Question 246337: a private airplane had been flying for 1 hour when a change of wind direction doubled the plane's average speed. if the entire trip of 384 km took 2.5 hours, how far did the plane travel in the first hour?
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Question 246379: two cars start 100 miles apart. the faster goes 90 mph. the slower goes 60 mph. how far from the starting location of the faster car will they meet? how much time will have passed?
i tried d= rt
distance r(t)
100= (90+60)t
100/150=150/150(t)
.667=t
60 miles =d??
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Question 246511: you are riding your bicycle . it takes you 20 mins to go 5 miles. how long would it take you to cycle 12 miles?
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Question 246512: may you please help me.
if the instructions for cooking a turkey state, "roast turkey at 325 for 20 mintues per poud." how many hours will it take to roast a 20-pound turkey at this temperature?
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Question 246525: a car travels in 270 miles in 4.5 hour. what is the average speed? how far it will go in 7 hours at this average speed?
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Question 246525: a car travels in 270 miles in 4.5 hour. what is the average speed? how far it will go in 7 hours at this average speed?
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Question 246664: A train travels 600 kilometers in the same time that a truck travels 520 kilometers. Find the speed of the train if the train's average speed is 8 kilometers per hour faster than the truck's.
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Question 246675: How fast am i going in my car if i drive sixteen miles in eighteen minutes
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Question 246817: a long distance trucker traveled 168 mi in one direction during a snow storm. the return trip in rainy weather was accomplished at double the speed and took 3 hrs less time, find the speed going
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Question 246882: If you were riding on a bicycle traveling at 10 miles per hour how long would it take you to cover 100 miles?

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Question 246563: Johnny gets to work in 1/2 hour when he drives his car. Riding his bike (by the same route) it takes him 1 hr. His average driving speed is 4.5 mph greater than his average speed on his bike. What is his average speed by car, and by bike? How far does he travel to work?
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Question 247095: At the same time, two trains start toward each other on parallel tracks, 450 miles apart. Train A�s constant rate is 55 mph. Train B�s is 65 mph. How long before they pass each other?

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Question 247267: A woman walks 70 m to an elevator then rises upwards 40 m. What is the distance she traveled? What is her displacement from her starting point?
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Question 247265: Is it possible for a car to start from Point A, travel to and stop at Point B at an average speed of 60 mph and never exceed a reading of 60 mph on the speedometer? Why or why not?
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Question 247127: a car travels 5.5km in a time of 12 minutes. calculate its speed in km/h then convert this in to m\s
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Question 247298: Mr. Anders and Ms. Rich each drove home from a business meeting. Mr. Anders traveled east at 100 kilometers per hour and Ms. Rich traveled west at 80 kilometers per hour. In how many hours were they 100 kilometers apart?
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Question 247334: the winner of the race ran 1500meters in 5 minutes and 22 seconds. What was the winner's speed in m/sec? Show Work.
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Question 247307: A jumbo jet cruises at a constant velocity of 950 km/h when the thrusting force of its engines is a constant 100,000 N. What is the acceleration of the jet?
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Question 247360: A truck traveling at a constant rate of 45 miles per hour leaves Albany. one hour later a car traveling at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour also leaves albany traveling in the same direction on the same highway. how long will it take for the car to catch up to the truck, if both vehicles continue in the same direction on the highway?
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Question 247363: If you drive 3 and half hours at 40 mph how many miles have you driven
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Question 247408: Donna drove half the distance of a trip at 40 mi/h. At what speed would she have to drive for the rest of the distance so that the average speed for the entire trip would be 45 mi/h?
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Question 247435: martha walked to the park which is 12 blocks from her home and jogged back. the entire trip took 1.5 hours. if martha jogged three times faster than she walked how fast did she walk?
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Question 247451: If two cars are going one hundred mph towards each other, and they were one milea apart, how long would it take them to crash?

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Question 247513: a car travels 3 miles in 9 minutes what is the average speed
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Question 247539: jan drove 310 km in 4 hours. at that rate jow far did she drive in 3 hours?
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Question 247525: Julie leaves home travelling at 45 mph. An hour later, her mom follows at 60 mph. How long will it take her mom to catch up to Julie?
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Question 247792: An airplane takes 3 hours to travel 2160 miles with the wind. the return trip takes 4 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the airplane and speed of the wind.
I am unsure of how to approach this question and your assistance, or any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Question 247800: dto = dreturning
Example: With a 30-mph head wind, a plane can fly a certain distance in 6 hours. Returning, flying opposite direction, it takes one hour less.
Equation: (r-30)6=(r+30)5
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Question 247833: Suppose you get on a steamboat at noon in New Orleans and steam up the Mississippi River towards St. Louis at 20mph. Two hours later a friend gets in a motor boat in New Orleans and heads up river at 30 mph. What time does your friend catch up with you? Please help me translate this into an equation. Thanks
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Question 247832: HUMPTY DUMPY JUMPED OFF A WALL. THE EQUAION h(t)=-16t^2+13t+8 DESCRIBES HIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN t REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF SECONDS SINCE HE JUMPED. USE THE TRACE FEATURE TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF SECONDS THAT ELAPSED FROM THE TIME HE JUMPED UNTIL HE HIT THE GROUND. ROUND YOUR THE ANSWER OF TENTHS.
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Question 247797: A cyclist traveled at a rate of 32 mph to visit a nearby town. The cyclist averaged 10 mph on the return trip. If the round trip took 6.3 hours, find the distance to the nearby town.
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Question 247814: A train left Shawnee traveling due west at 90 miles per hour. A car left Shawnee at the same time traveling due east at 60 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the train and car are 405 miles apart?
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Question 247934: the vagabonds were 200 miles apart at 2 p.m. and were headed toward each other. if they met at 6 p.m. and one was traveling 10 miles per hour faster than the other,what was the speed of each vagabond?
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Question 247944: a person can jog 15 mph and walk 5 mph, if it takes that person a hour longer by walk what distance did they travel. I can back into the answer which i believe is 7.5 miles by charting it, 1 hr =15 miles, in half an hour they would jog 7.5 miles, so if they walk 5 mph in one hour they would cover 5 miles and in an additional 3o minutes they would cover 2.5 niles so in 1hr and 30 minutes it would be 7.5 miles which is one more than jogging it. what I need is a formuala.
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Question 248191: how would 2100 miles, over 12 hours and traveled 720
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Question 248204: An engineering student is dropping an egg from the top of a building that is 40 feet high. How long will it take the egg to hit the ground?
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Question 248253: I'm having difficulty with this problem: If an object is propelled upward from the ground level with an initial velocity of 224 ft per second, it's height "h" in feet "t" seconds later is given by the equation h=224t-16t^2. After how many seconds does the object hit the ground?

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Question 248271: if someone is traveling to a meeting 60 miles away at 30 per hour how many hours will it take to get there?
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Question 248349: An airplane flies from Metro city to Gotham with a tailwind that increases its normal speed by 120 mph. On the return trip the plane must fly against this wind,which decreases its speed by the same amount. The flight from metro city takes 2.34 hrs and the return trip takes 4.78 hrs. How far is it from Metro city to Gotham?
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