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Question 374819: how long will it take me to go 280 miles at 80 miles an hour
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Question 374945: i want to run a marathon in 3 hr and 30 minutes. how many miles per hour is that?
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Question 375040: two cars start at an interstate interchang and travel in the same direction at average speeds of 40 miles per hour and 55 miles per hour. how much time must elapse before the two cars are 5 miles apart
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Question 375115: a person drives at a speed of 64 miles per hour. What is the driving speed in feet per second?
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Question 375098: a sailfish can travel as fast as 68 miles per hour. At that rate how far would a sailfish travel in 45 minutes?
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Question 375160: If I am traveling at 45mph, how long would it take me to travel 2 miles?
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Question 375156: A car leaves Columbia at 1:00pm traveling at 45mph. A second car leaves Columbia at 2:00 traveling at 50mph. How long will it take the second car to overtake the first car?
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Question 375081: a boat travels 35 km upstream and then came back in a total time of 4 h 48 min. If the speed of the current is 2.5 km/h, what is the speed of the boat?
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Question 375165: A car traveled at 60 miles per hour for 2� hours. If one inch equals 20 miles on a
map, how far has the car traveled on the map?
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Question 375165: A car traveled at 60 miles per hour for 2� hours. If one inch equals 20 miles on a
map, how far has the car traveled on the map?
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Question 375190: Jan can run 7.5 meters per second, Mary at 8.0 meters per second. On a race track Jan is given a 25 meter head start, the race ends in a tie. How long is the track?
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Question 375192: A ship must average 22 knots to make it's 10hr run on schedule. During the first 4 hrs bad weather caused it to reduce speed to 16 knots, what should it's average speed be for the rest of the trip to maintain its schedule?
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Question 375309: A group of hikers is to travel x km by bus at an average speed of 48 km/h to an unknown destination. They then plan to walk back along the same route at an average speed of 4.8 km/h and to arrive back 24 hours after setting out in the bus. If they allow 2 h for lunch and rest, how far must the bus take them?
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Question 375325: A boat travels 80 miles upstream in a river with a current of 6 miles per hour; then it travels back down to its starting point. The total time of the trip was 4 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water. what is the equation too?
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Question 375231: A motorboat goes 36 km downstream in the same amount of time it takes to go 24 km upstream. If the current is flowing 3 km/h, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 375229: A motorboat goes 36 km downstream in the same amount of time it takes to go 24 km upstream. If the current is flowing 3 km/h, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 375353: A train traveling at 60 mph enters a tunnel that is 5 miles long. The train is one mile long. How many minutes does it take for the whole train to pass through the tunnel?
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Question 375387: You and your friend leave home at the same time. Your friend travels by train at 45 mph directly east while you travel by bus 50 mph directly south. You are talking on a cell phone, but your plan charges extra if the phones are 100 miles or more apart. How long will you and your friend be able to talk before the charges increase?
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Question 375420: what distance does a jogger travel if she runs with a speed of 160 m/min for 20 minutes?
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Question 375454: how do you calculate the the speed of a plane in km/h to travel time

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Question 375562: A cyclist travels 15 mph, find the rate at ft. per minute?
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Question 375584: If two runners start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 20 miles long, one goes at 8mph and one goes at 12mph, how long after they begin will they meet?
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Question 375587: Helena can paint a hallway in 5 days and Damian can paint a hallway in 8 days.If they do the job together how long will it take to finish the job?
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Question 375586: A 700 mile, 6 hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. The first part the average speed was 110 mph and the second part of the trip the average speed was 120 mph. For how long did the plane fly at each speed?
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Question 375607: A six passenger plane cruises at 180 mph in calm air.If the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind, then what is the wind speed?
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Question 375589: One person can go three ft per second and another person can go ten feet per second but only for 5 seconds at that speed. The first person will not start until the second person is exactly where she know she can beat him to the finish. How long does she wait to get up?
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Question 375661: the store is 60 miles away how long will it take me to get there driving 40 mph the whole time.
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Question 375650: a train travels 30 mph faster than a caar. if the train covers 120 miles in the same time the car covers 80 miles, what is the speed of each vehicle
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Question 375577: A scout troop hiked 3 miles up a mountain trail. They then hiked back down the same trail. They hiked 2 miles per hour faster coming downhill. the total time for the 6 mile hike was 4 hours. Solve for the rate the troop hiked uphill.

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Question 375743: A jeepney moves along a straight road at an average speed of 10 meter per second.What is the distance traveled by the jeepney in 2.5 hour?
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Question 375742: I want to travel 60 kilometers in distance at 80 kilometres per hour, how long would this take in time ?

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Question 375908: Ralph drove 715 miles at 90 mph. Eric drove the same 715 miles at 60 mph. How much sooner did Ralph arrive?
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Question 376091: Billy and Joe are separated by 6.6 miles when they begin to walk in the same direction. It takes Billy 11 hours to overtake Joe. If they had begun to walk towards each other rather than in the same direction, they would meet up in 1 hour. What are Billy and Joe's speeds?

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Question 376132: a forest ranger traveled 1080 mi by jet and then an additional 180 mi by helicopter. the rate of the jet was four times the rate of the helicopter. the entire trip took a total of 5 h. find the rate of the jet.
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Question 376163: on a recent trip, a trucker traveled 330 mi at a constant rate. because of road construction, the trucker then had to reduce the speed by 25 mph. an additional 30 mi was traveled at the reduced rate. the total time for the entire trip was 7 h. find the rate of the trucker for the first 330 mi.
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Question 376155: A car traveling 50 miles per hour goes 15 miles farther in the same amount of time as a car traveling 30 milea per hour. find the distance that each car travels.

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Question 376230: Two cars start from the same point and travel in opposite directions with speeds of 45 and 60 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 490 miles apart?
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Question 376209: if someone is traveling 40mph on the way to work
Traveled 30mph on the way home traveling the same route
What is the total miles they traveled round trip
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Question 376253: Two cars start from the same point at the same time and travel in opposite directions. The slower car travels at 29 miles per hour and the faster car travels 35 miles per hour. In how many hours will the cars by 315 miles apart
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Question 376387: a train traveling at 60 miles an hour takes 5 seconds to enter a tunnel and a further 40 seconds to pass completely through the tunnel. what is the length of the train and what is the length of the tunnel?
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