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Question 336513: A student walks and jogs to college each day. she averages 5km/h walking and 9km/h jogging. the distance from home to college is 8km, and she makes the trip in 1hr. how far does the student jog?
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Question 336586: a motorbike can cover 4km in 30 miutes. what distance can it cover in 5 hours.
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Question 336523: on a recent trip, Sararh's car traveled 20 mph faster on the first 110 miles than it did on the remaining 80 miles. The total time for the trip was 4 hr. Find the speed of Sarah's car on the first part of the trip.
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Question 336593: A boat travels 12 km. upstream from town A to town B in 6 hours. The boat
then travels downstream from town B to town C, which is 8 km. further downstream
from A in 5 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 336546: Train A is going 60mph. Train B is going 70mph. If train A passes the station at 5:15 and train B passes the station at 5:45, what time will train B catch train A?
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Question 336359: how many gallons of pure alcohol should be mixed with 20 gallons of 15% alcohol solution to obtain a mixture that is 25% alcohol?
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Question 336739: How long does it take to drive 165 km if your average speed is 60 km per hour?
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Question 336753: Two boats left an island at the same time to return to their home port. Their average speeds differ by 4MPH. The faster boat reachers the port after 3hpurs. The slower boat took thirty minutes longer. Find the speed of each boat.
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Question 336812: Two boats left an island at the same time to return to their home port. Their average speeds differ by 4MPH. The faster boat reaches the port after 3 hours. The slower boat took thirty minutes longer. Find the speed of each boat?
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Question 336826: wo high-speed ferries leave at the same time from a city to go to the same island. the first ferry, the cat, travels at 32 miles per hour . the second ferry , the bird, travels at 27 miles per hour. in how many hours will the two ferries be 20 miles apart?

the ferries will be 20 miles apart after _____ hour(s)
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Question 336803: how many hours will a car traveling at 45 miles per hour take to catch up with a car traveling at 30 miles per hour if the slower car starts one hour before the faster car?
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Question 336834: Suppose a sand dune travels 1.5m in a year. At that rate how long will it take t travel to 6m?ow far will it travel in 12 years?
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Question 336769: How many hours will a car traveling at 45 miles per hour take to catch up with a car travelling at 30 miles per hour if the slower car starts one hour before the faster car?
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Question 336763: Each of the two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle is 7cm. longer then half the base. If the perimeter of the triangle is 50cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.
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Question 336896: what is an automoblie's average speed, in miles per hour, if it travels 60 miles in 1 1/2 hours?
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Question 336967: Please help show me how to answer this word problem:
You ride your bike up a steep mountain road at 5 miles per hour. How far do you go in 3 hours?
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Question 336970: how do you solve: for her workout, Sarah walks north at the rate of 3mph and returns at the rate of 4mph. how many miles did she walk if the round trip took 3.5hours?
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Question 336908: how long in minutes will it take you to travel 57 km if your average speed is 88 km/hr?

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Question 336980: Sally can jog at a rate of 6.5 miles per hour. If she continues on a straight path at this rate, what distance would she travel in 24 minutes?
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Question 336979: You and a friend each drive 50.0 km. You travel at 83.0 km/h; your friend travels at 92.0 km/h. How long will your friend wait for you at the end of the trip?
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Question 336975: Please help show me how to do this word problem:
Find the area in square feet of a rectangular yard that measures 20 yards by 12 yards.
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Question 336686: A bus traveled at an average rate of 50 mph and then reduced its rate to 40 mph for the rest of thetrip. If the 220-mile trip took 5 hours, determine how long the bus traveled at each rate.
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Question 336999: A doctor travels to the east from city A to city B (75 km) in 1.0 hr. What is the docotor's average velocity?
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Question 337028: a train takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to reach its destination .approximately how many hours does the trip take

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Question 337035: Two cars traveling in the same direction leave the same point at the same time. Car 1 is going 65 km/h and Car 2 is going 55 km/h. How far must Car 1 travel before it has a 15 min. lead on Car 2.
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Question 337045: How far will a car traveling at 65 km/h travel in 10 seconds?
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Question 337057: Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 60 miles per hour and B is traveling at 70 miles per hour. Train A passes the station at 3:15pm. If Train B passes the station at 3:27, what time will Train B catch up to Train A?
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Question 336969: If my car always goes 94 kilometers per hour and I stop at a rest stop for 21 minutes, and I only average 84.9 kilometers per hour on my trip; how many total kilometers did I go and how many hours did it take?
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Question 337108: Starting from rest, a car accelerates at a rate of 4.2 m/s2 for a time of 5 seconds. What is it's velocity at the end of this time?
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Question 337108: Starting from rest, a car accelerates at a rate of 4.2 m/s2 for a time of 5 seconds. What is it's velocity at the end of this time?
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Question 337205: if a sand dune travels 1.5 miles in one year,how far will it travel in 12 years.
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Question 337203: jill is 18 km away from joe. both begin to walk at the same time. jill walks at 2.5 km per hour. they meet in four hours. how fast is joe walking?
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Question 337046: e walked 5mph then jogged 8mph , total time 2hours and 15 min , how many miles did e go?
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Question 337107: A hiker walks with an average speed of 1.2 m/s What distance in kilometers does the hiker travel in a time of one hour?
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Question 337240: Two cars leave from the same places at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. One travels 5 km/hr faster than the other. After 3 hours, they are 495 km apart. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 337333: An elderly wildebeest scents a lion and starts running at 40 MPH. .02 Hours later, the lion starts running after the wildeebest at 50 MPH. Presuming they stated at the same spot, how long will it take the lion to catch the wildeebest?
Use 5 Step Process.
I figured the lion running 50 MPH would catch the wildebeest in four seconds.
Is this correct?
Thanks!!
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Question 337324: A fire truck travels 35mph in 12 minutes to a house fire. How many miles did they fire truck travel in miles to the house fire?
Show how you solve this problem step by step please.
Is there an easy formula?

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Question 337187: How far can airplane fly from its base, and yet return within 3 hours, if its outgoing speed is 600 kilometers per hour and its returning speed is 400 kilometers per hour?
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Question 337452: if a boat is traveling next to a car on the road, and race, will the boat win?
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Question 337564: A car went 372 miles in 6 hours, traveling part of the time at 55 miles per hour and part of the time at 70 miles per hour. How long did the car travel at each speed?
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