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Question 366321: It takes an airplane 1.5 hours to fly 600 km against the wind. The return trip with the wind takes only 1 hour. Find the total flying time for the round trip if there was no wind
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Question 366331: Rob is planning a three hour trip down the Allenem River and back to his starting point. He knows that he can paddle in still water at 3 miles per hour and that the rate of the current is 2 miles per hour. How much time can he spend going downstream? How far dwonstream can he travel?
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Question 366347: a car travels down the highway at 60km/hr for2.5hours .How far has the car gone?
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Question 366347: a car travels down the highway at 60km/hr for2.5hours .How far has the car gone?
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Question 366205: An airplane flies from New Orleans,Louisiana, to Atlanta, Georgia, at an average rate of 320 miles per hour. The airplane then returns at an average rate of 280 miles per hour.The total travel time is 3 hours.
a. Define a variable for the flying time from New Orleans to Atlanta. Write an expression for the travel time from Atlanta to New Orleans.
b.Write and solve an equation to find the flying time from New Orleans to Atlanta.
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Question 366282: I need help with these word problems. thanks!
you are riding your bicycle. it takes you 21 min. to go 5 miiles. if you continue traveling at the same rate, how long will it take you to go 12 miles?

according to guinness book of world records, the peregrine falcon has a record diving speed of 168 miles per hr. Write this speed in feet per second.
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Question 366454: Esther drove to work in the morning at an average speed of 45 miles per hour. She returned home in the evening along the same route and averaged 30 miles per hour. If Esther spent a total of one hour commuting to and from work, how many miles did Esther drive to work in the morning?
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Question 366462: kara and jennifer are selling boxes of chocolate to raise money for their senior trip to the the grand canyon. customers can buy small boxes of chocolates and large boxes of chocolate. kara sold 11 small boxes and 11 large boxes for a total of 220. jennifer sold 3 small boxes and 14 large boxes for a total of 203. what would be my total if i purchase 2 small and 2 large boxes from jennifeer
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Question 366533: a local commuter train leaves washington at 6 am averaging 36 mph at 7:15 am, a high speed express train leaves the same station traveling on a on a paralel track at 81 mph when will the express train catch up to the local commuter

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Question 366504: Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 40 mph and train B is traveling at 50 mph. Train A passes a station at 7:10 am. If train B passes the same station at 7:22am, at what time will train B catch up to train A?
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Question 366620: a train leaves new york traveling at a speed of 90 km/hr.how much distance will it cover in five hours?

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Question 366621: if a person ran 32 kilometers at the speed of 8 kilometers/hour,how long did he run?
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Question 366734: Boris hiked up a mountain trail and camped overnight at the top. The next day he returned down the same trail. His average rate traveling uphill was 2.4 kilometers per hour and his average rate downhill was 3.6 kilometers per hour. If he spent a total of 11 hours hiking, how long was the trail?
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Question 366627: A plane averaged 500 mph on a trip going east, but only 350 mph on the return trip. The total flying time in both directions was 8.5 hours. What was the one way distance?
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Question 366532: you are in a airport it takes you one hour longer to flyy to cincinnati at 200mph than it does to return at 250 mph how far away is cincinnati from the airport you are currently in
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Question 366763: A car travels 150 kilometers down the road in 2 hours. What is the car's speed?
The car is traveling at 75mph. If the car is traveling 150 per 2 hours then times 150 by .5 to get half of that becuase half of 2 hours is 1 hour which is what your looking for
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Question 366787: how long does it take for a car that is going at a speed of 90 km/h to cover up a total distant of 70 kilometerts
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Question 366838: A train averaged 120 km/h for the first two thirds of a trip and 100 km/h for the whole trip. Find its average speed for the last third of the trip.
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Question 366913: A freight train left a station at 12 noon going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour. At 1 p.m., a passenger train left the same station going south at the rate of 60 mph. At what time were the trains 270 miles apart?
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Question 366886: how many hrs is it going to take to get to indianapolis if the speed is 60 mph?
how many gallons of gas will i use?
gas cost $2.65.

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Question 366971: On a 570-mile trip, Andy averaged 5 miles per hour faster for the last 240 miles than he did for the first 330 miles. The entire trip took 10 hours. How fast did he travel for the first 330 miles?
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Question 366903: At 8:00 A.M., a train leaves a station and travels at a rate of 45 mph. At 9:00 A.M., a second train leaves the same station on the same track and travels in the direction of the first train at a speed of 60 mph. At 10:00 A.M., how far apart are the two trains ?
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Question 366836: Elizabeth drove the first half of a trip at 36 mi/h. At what speed should she cover the remaining half in order to average 45 mi/h for the whole trip? The distance for the whole trip is 100 mi.
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Question 366839: When Ace Airlines changed to planes that flew 100 km/h faster than its old ones, the time of its 2800 km Dallas-Seattle flight was reduced by 30 min. Find the speed of the new planes.
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Question 366878: The formula d = r x t is used to determine distance, d given the rate, r, and the time traveled, t.
A. solve the formula for time t. (could you show me how to work out this question?)
B. What is the average speed if you spent 5 hours and 45 minutes on the road and traveled 365.635 miles? ( show all your work please why I can understand how to do it.)
C. If you traveled 19 miles at an average speed of 43 miles per hour, how long would it take you? (Show all your work please.)
I really do need help understanding how to do this. Please help me....
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Question 367105: If a vehicle travels a fixed distance at 30 miles per hour in 10 minutes, how fast must it travel to cover the same distance in 15 minutes?
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Question 367104: If a vehicle travels a fixed distance at 30 miles per hour in 10 minutes, how fast must it travel to cover the same distance in 15 minutes?
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Question 367157: How long would it take to get to a place 95 miles away driving at 55 miles per hour?
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Question 367191: A train travels 160km in the same time that a plane covers 448km. If the speed of the plane is 10km per hr less than3 times the speed of the train, find both speeds.
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Question 367239: A boat travels 5 mph in still water. In the time it takes to travel 42 miles downstream, it can travel 12 miles upstream. Find the speed of the river.
I am having some trouble on this, but If I can find an equation or form that i could use then i think that i could solve it. Please let me know asap, I need to finish this by tomorrow. Thank You.
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Question 367277: If 32% of R is 48, what is R% of 48?
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Question 367292: Two joggers are running around an oval track in opposite directions. One jogger runs around the track in 56 seconds. They meet every 24 seconds. How mant seconds does it take the second jogger to run around the track?
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Question 367352: Bob and Joe are going on a 281 mile trip. Bob drives half of the way at a rate of 53 mph. Joe drives the other half of the way at a rate of 51 mph. How long does Bob drive? How long does Joe drive?
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Question 367372: A truck traveling 45 miles per hour and a train traveling 60 miles per hour cover the same distance. The truck travels 2 hours longer than the train. How many hours does each travel?

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Question 367364: Three friends born in consecutive years. The sum of their birth years is 5961. Find the year in which each person was born?
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Question 367363: Two airplanes depart from an airport traveling in opposite directions The second airplane is 200 miles per hour faster than the first. After 2 hours they are 1100 miles apart. Find the speeds of the airplanes?
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Question 367367: Two boats leave a ramp traveling in opposite directions. The second boat is 10 miles per hour faster than the first. After 3 hours they are 150 miles apart. Find the speeds of the boats?
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Question 366261: Kellen�s boat goes 12 mph. Find the rate of the current of the river if she can go 6 mi upstream in the same amount of time she can go 10 mi downstream.
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Question 367440: A hybrid car gets about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline. The current price of a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline is 2.99.
The cars gasoline tank holds 11.5 gallons. How far can the car travel on a tank of gas?
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Question 367451: Tim travels 8 miles in 28 minutes. How many miles will Tim travel in 42 mins?
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Question 367536: RATES OF TWO BUSES Two buses that are 90 mi apart travel toward each other on an interstate highway. The slower bus, which departs at 9:30 A.M., travels 5 mi/h slower than the bus that departs at 9:45 A.M. At 10:30 A.M., the buses pass each other. Determine the rate of each bus
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