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Question 269818: luke road his bike on a trail that formed a right triangle. One leg of the right triangle was 5 kilometers longer than the other leg. they hypotenuse of the right triangle was 25 kilometers long. How far did he ride all together?
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Question 269831: A freight train and an express train leave towns 390km apart, traveling toward one another. The freight train travels 30km per hr slower than the express train. They pass one another 3 hr later. What are their speeds?
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Question 269854: on a road trip, five friends drove at 50 miles per hour to California. On the way home they took the same route, but drove 65 miles per hour. how many miles did they drive on the WAY to California if the total trip took 10 hours?
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Question 269847: Brad ran at 3.5 mph for 0.2 hours and then began bicycling at 15 mph. If he went a total of 8.2 miles, how long did he bike?
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Question 269845: A bank loaned out $29,000, part of it at the rate of 4% annual interest, and the rest at 9% annual interest. The total interest earned for both loans was $1,760.00. How much was loaned at each rate?
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Question 269887: I have been trying to figure out this problem for an hour now I cannot get the answer the book gives me in the back. I found the problem here on your site already but the answers are not the same as the back of my book either.
This is the link to the problem on your site, http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Travel_Word_Problems.faq.question.164399.html
The problem is the same as in my book but the answers in the back say it should be : 2 hr at 50 mph and 3 hr at 40 mph.
I am so lost!
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Question 164399: a bus is traveling at 50 mph then reduces its speed to 40 mph. the 220 mi. trip takes 5 hrs. how long does it travel at each speed? show equation.
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Question 269866: A small plane and a car start from the same location, heading toward the same town 450 miles away. The speed of the plane is three times the speed of the car. The plane arrives at the town 6 hours ahead of the car. Find the speeds of the car and the plane.
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Question 269978: With a tail wind, a plane took 3 hours to travel 1440 km. On the return trip against the same windm, the trip took an extra hour. Find the speed of the plane in still air?
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Question 270018: Juan rides his bike from Lawrence to Salisbury beach (30 miles in 3 hours). He divides distance (miles) by time (hours) and sees that his overall average speed is 10mph. He buys 3 Power bars and eats them. How fast (mph) must he return so that his overall average speed for the round trip (60 miles) is 15mph?
THE ANSWER IS NOT 20mph.
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Question 270024: you are about to start working for a newspaper publisher. You are offered two routes to deliver papers. Route 1 has 36 customers and has about 3 new subscriptions a month. Route 2 is a newer route and has only 20 customers but is gaining 5 new subscriptions a month.
-You plan on delivereing newspapers for at least a year. The more newspapers you deliver, the more money you make. Which route would you choose to deliver newspapers?
-Which route will have more customers after 6 months? 12 months?
-At what point will the two routes have the same number of customers?
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Question 269948: you are traveling 250 miles round trip. it takes you 3 hours to get to your point and on the way back it took you 3 1/2 hours how much slow did you drive on the return trip?
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Question 270049: It takes a couple four hours to row 28 miles with the river current. If it takes them 7 hours to cover the same distance when rowing against the current, find the speed of the river current
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Question 270054: Two types of tickets are sold for a concert. Adult tickets each cost $20, while child tickets each cost $10. A total of 150 tickets are sold, bringing in a total of $2,470. How many adult tickets were sold?
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Question 270193: 2 cars start at an interstate and travels in the same direction at average speeds of 40 miles per hour and 55 miles per hour. How much time must elapse before the 2 cars are 5 miles apart?
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Question 270189: A man can cover a certain distance in 2 hours 45 minutes if he walks at a rate of 4 km/h. if he covers the same distance on cycle at a rate of 16.5 km/h, find the time taken by him.
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Question 270126: I have been trying to figure out this problem for an hour now I cannot get the answer the book gives me in the back. I found the problem here on your site already but the answers are not the same as the back of my book either.
This is the link to the problem on your site, http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Travel_Word_Problems.faq.question.164399.html
The problem is the same as in my book but the answers in the back say it should be : 2 hr at 50 mph and 3 hr at 40 mph.
I am so lost!
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Question 270200: A boat can travel 48 miles upstream (against the current) in the same amount of time that it takes to travel 72 miles downstream (with the current). If the rate of the current is 4 miles per hour, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 270267: I am travelling at 100 kmh I catch up to a train that is travelling at 80kmh. The train is 500 meters long. How long does it take me to pass this train. How far do I travel before I pass the train
Pete
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Question 270285: how much time does it take the cheetah to travel 500 meters, if its average speed is 70 meters per second?
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Question 270285: how much time does it take the cheetah to travel 500 meters, if its average speed is 70 meters per second?
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Question 270292: what is the velocity of a freely falling object 6 seconds after being dropped?
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Question 270275: A cross-country flight traveling with the wind covers 3000 miles in 5 hours. The same plane then changes direction and travels to Texas, against the wind, covering 1500 miles in 3 hours. What are the wind speed, and the speed of the plane in still air?
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Question 270311: There are 3 tunnels each 50 kilometers long, and each tunnel has a boring machine at each end working towards each other. the 6 boring machines are capable of moving upto 78 metres per day.....If all 6 boring machines was working at full capacity, how long would it take to dig through the tunnels.
I make it 106.8 days, but I think I am wrong?????????????????
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Question 270334: A freight train travels 90 miles in the same time that a passenger train travels 150 miles. If the passenger train goes 30 miles per hour faster than the freight train, what is the rate of each of them?
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Question 270356: if a boat travels 8mph how far can it go in one hour in clam water
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Question 270356: if a boat travels 8mph how far can it go in one hour in clam water
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Question 270356: if a boat travels 8mph how far can it go in one hour in clam water
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Question 270321: how long does it take to go 150ft at 10 mph
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Question 270379: how long would it take to travel 240 kilometers at 60 kilometers an hour?

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Question 270298: The maximum running speed of an elk over approximately quater- mile distance is about 45mph. The maximium speed of a grizzly bear is about 2/3 that of an elk. Find the running speed of a grizzly bear.
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Question 270319: how long dose it take to go 450 ft at 25 mph
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Question 270602: The speed of a stream is 3 km/hr. A boat traveled up stream 4 km in the same time it took to travel 10 km down stream. What was the speed of the boat on still water? I can't figure out how to work this without a time.
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Question 270659: Two cars are 300 miles apart and moving toward each other with 36 mph and 24 mph respectively. If they starts at 1 pm, what time will they meet each other?
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Question 270650: calculate the time taken to travel 180km if the car is going 40km/h please answer in hours and minuets
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Question 270641: A man is walking at an average speed of 4 miles per hour along a railroad track. A train going the same way at a speed of 30 mph requires 5 seconds to pass the man. How long is the train?
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Question 270675: A train traveled the first 1/6 of the distance from station A to station B at an average speed of 90 km/h, 2/3 of the distance at an average speed of 120 km/h, and the remaining 9 km at an average speed of 90 km/h. Find the average speed at which the train was traveling from station A to station B.
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Question 270640: A man is walking at an average speed of 4 miles per hour along a railroad track. A train going the same way at a speed of 30 mph requires 5 seconds to pass the man. How long is the train?
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Question 270809: Alana and her father Tim begin skiing the same cross-country ski trail in Elmwood park in sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the same time. If Alana, who averages 9 miles per hour, finishes the trail 0.25 hours sooner than her father, who averages 6 miles per hour, determine the length of the trail?
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Question 270793: On Monday, Roger drove to work in 45 minutes. On Tuesday he averaged 12 miles per hour more, and it took him 9 minutes less to get to work. How far does he travel to work?
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Question 271003: A jet flew at an average speed of 520 miles per hour from Metro City to Farmville. Because of a favorable tail wind, the jet averaged 600 on the return trip, and the return trip was shortened by 40 minutes. How far is it from Metro City to Farmville?
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