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Question 357679: What is the average speed of a truck that makes a 285-mile trip in 5.0 hours?
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Question 357698: Please Im not really sure how to solve this problem on my Algebra Homework. Answer ASAP. Thank you :DD
A Plane travels 540 miles in 90 minutes. What is the speed of the plane in miles per hour?
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Question 357702: This was a second problem on my Algebra Homework.
A very fast man can run 100 yards in 10 seconds. What is the mans speed in miles per hour, rounded to the nearest mile per hour?
Thank You sooo much :))
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Question 357722: please help me solve this equation: 2 planes which are 1,220 miles apart fly towards eachother, their speeds differ by 60 mph. If they each pass eachother in 2 hours, what is the speed of each plane?
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Question 357748: a train leaves Danville union and travels north at a speed of 75 km/h. three hours later, an express train leaves on a parallel track and travels north at 120 km/h. how far from the station will they meet?
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Question 357810: Maria drove from Chicago, Illinois, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a distance of 90 miles, at a mean speed of 55 miles per hour. On her return trip, the traffic was much heavier, and her mean speed was 40 miles per hour. Find Maria's mean speed for the round trip.

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Question 357813: If a snail is traveling at a rate of 1 inch per minute, how many miles per hour is the snail traveling?
I know that 1 inch per minute = 60 minutes per hour and that there are 63,360 inches in a mile, but I have no idea what the formula is to figure the answer! Thank you for your help,
Eli
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Question 357853: 2 cars leave the same place going opposite directions. One is going 80 kilometers per hour and one is going 96 kilometers per hour. How long will it take for them to have traveled 528 kilometers?
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Question 357876: A car leaves a place going at 55 mph.
A second car leaves the same place 2 hours later going 60 mph.
When will the second car catch up with the first?
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Question 357877: if a cyclist travels 14 miles per hour for 3 hours how far will she go

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Question 357816: Tom drives 500 miles on the first day. On the second day, he drives twice as long
and his average speed is 4/5 of that on the first day. How long does he drive on the second day?
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Question 357962: Drivers A and B are 50 mi apart, and they plan to meet at 7 P.M. at a point between them that is 30 mi from A. Both drive at 50 mph. What time should each driver start out?
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Question 357959: Frank drove 100 mi. For the first 55 mi he averaged 50 mph, and for the last 45 mi he averaged 30 mph. What was his average speed for the entire trip?
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Question 357965: Marna's house is 22 miles from where she works. Each morning, she jogs at a rate of 6 mph to a bus stop and then completes the trip on a bus that averages 30 mph. If the entire trip takes 1 hour, how much time does Marna spend jogging?
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Question 358046: Calculate the average speed (in kilometers per hour � hint: you will need to convert your time into units of hours) of Larry, who runs to the store 5 km away, in 15 minutes
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Question 358065: Andrew drove at an average speed of 56 mph over six hours. During the first three hours, he drove at a speed that was sixty-eight mph less than two times the speed he averaged for the last three hours. How fast did he drive during the first three hours?
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Question 358071: can someone please help with this brain teaser: Two freight trains are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks, one at 60mph and the other at 40mph. If each train is a 1/2 mile long, then how long does it take for the faster train to pass the slower train?
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Question 358081: A commuter plan travels 90 miles per hour faster than a passenger bus. The commuter plane travels 525 miles in the same time it takes the bus to travel 210 miles. Find the speed of each. Thank You
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Question 358180: Calculate the acceleration of a ball that starts from rest and rolls down a ramp and gains a speed of 22 m/s in 8 s.
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Question 358323: a car travels for 5.5 h at an average speed of 75 km/h how far did the car travel
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Question 358371: start time:1:35 p.m. end time:? Elapsed time:5 hours and 40 minutes
would that mean end time is:7:15 p.m. ?
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Question 358377: a boat takes 3 hours to go 24 miles upstream.it can go 36 miles downstream in the same time,Find the speed of the current and the speed of the boat in still water if x=the speed of the boat in still water and y=the speed of the current.
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Question 358385: An airplane flying north at 200 mph passed over a point on the ground at 2:00 PM. Another airplane at the same altitude passed over the point at 2:30 PM, flying east at 400 mph. At what time were the planes 500 miles apart?
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Question 358406: A car traveled the first 100 kilometers of a trip at one
speed and the last 135 kilometers at an average of
5 kilometers per hour less. If the entire trip took 5 hours,
what was the average speed of the car for the first part
of the trip?
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Question 358404: The length of a rectangle is five more than twice its
width. The area of the rectangle is 52 sqm. Find the
dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 358442: two cyclists are competing in a 12 miles race on a quarter mile circular track. They began at the same time. One biker's average speed is 24 miles per hour and the other's average speed is 30 miles per hour. How many complete laps will the slower cyclist have left to complete after the faster cyclist finishes?
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Question 358424: Andre traveled from his home to the office at an average rate of 25 kph. By traveling 5 kph faster, he took 30 min less to return home. How far is his office from his home?
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Question 358551: A helicopter traveling at 120 mph overtakes a speeding car traveling at 90 mph the car had a 0.5 hour head start. how far from the starting point did the helicopter overtake the car?
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Question 358568: With the aid of the current, Joe can row a canoe 3 miles in 12 minutes. Against the current he requires 18 minutes to row the same distance. How fast does Joe row in still water and how fast is the current?
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Question 358590: A family takes a car trip. They travel for an hour at 90 km/h and then for two hours at 40km/h Find their average speed during the trip
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Question 358588: A cattle train left Miami and traveled toward New York. 14 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 45 km/h in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After traveling for four hours the diesel train finally caught up. What was the cattle trains average speed?
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Question 358662: a car traveled 600 miles at 60 mph and 40mph on the return trip. What was the average speed for the whole trip
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Question 358828: Rosa and Jerry travel from Jonesville to their parent's homes in Johnstown in exactly 3 hours. if the total distance is 153 miles, what is their average rate?
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Question 358579: A zebra can run30 mph. A tiger can run 50 mph.if the tiger has run 70 miles further than the zebra, how many minutes have they been running
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Question 358957: A pilot flew an average of 300 mph on a flight out. On the return flight to the same airport, he flew at an average speed of 500 mph. The total flight time was 8 hours. How far did he fly each way?
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Question 358902: Question: A freight train that is 1 mile long is traveling at 60 mph. A second train that is 2 miles long is traveling at 40 mph. The trains are moving in opposite directions on parallel tracks. How many seconds does it take between the time their locomotives meet and the time their cabooses fully pass each other?
Okay i am stumped completely on this, don't believe i have ever been taught it and some help would be extremely appreciated.
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Question 358994: An officer is called to the home of an elderly couple.If the house is 10 miles from the police station and the officer drives on average 40 miles per hour,how long will it take for the officer to arrive at the house?
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Question 358990: A man wants to see his girlfriend who lives 6 miles away. He leaves his house for her house at 6 am and walks at 4 miles an hour. When he leaves, he also sends a pigeon to her house. The bird flies at 30 miles an hour. When the bird reaches her house,she walks toward him at 2 miles an hour. When will they meet on the way?
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Question 358987: At noon a train leaves Washington, D.C., headed for Charleston, South Carolina, a distance of 500 miles. the train travels at a speed of 60 mph. At 1 p.m. a second train leaves charleston headed for washington d.c., traveling at 50 mph. how long after the train leaves charleston will the twon trains pass each other?
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Question 358881: Two cars traveling toward each other are 400 miles apart. Car a is traveling 20 miles per hour faster than car b. The cars pass after 4 hours. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 359039: if you are traveling 330 and going 60 mph one way and comming back you are going 40 mph, what is your average speed of velocity?
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