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Question 64250: At 7:00 A.M. Brooke leaves home to go on a buisness trip driving 35 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes later,Bart discovers that Brooke forgot her presentation materials. He drives 50 miles per hour to catch up with her.If Bart is delayed30 minutes with a flat tire, when will he catch up with Brooke?
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Question 64232: Linda headed east at 20 miles per hour on her bicycle at 9am. Three hours later Shana headed west from the same place walking at 6 miles per hour. What time was it when they were 164 miles apart?
Thank you!
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Question 64261: A ship travels from New York to Southampton,England at 33 mph. A plane traveling 605 mph takes 104 hours less to make the same trip. How far apart are the two cities?
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Question 64259: A ship travels from New York to Southampton,England at 33 mph. A plane traveling 605 mph takes 104 hours less to make the same trip. How far apart are the two cities?
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Question 64490: Steve traveled 200 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 10mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle.
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Question 64508: Jolene and Samantha began a trip from the same place at the same time. If Jolene's speed was 40mph and Samantha's speed was 50mph, how many hours will it take for Samantha to get 25 miles ahead?
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Question 64507: Jolene and Samantha began a trip from the same place at the same time. If Jolene's speed was 40mph and Samantha's speed was 50mph, how many hours will it take for Samantha to get 25 miles ahead?
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Question 64718: An airline starts off on a trip with all engines running. It is going at a rate of 900 km per hour, after x hours it shuts down one engine and reduces its speed to 700 km per hour. The trip is a total of 3 hours long
How lonng should the pilot fly before shutting down one engine in order to go a total distance of 2352 in 3 hours.
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Question 64717: An airline starts off on a trip with all engines running. It is going at a rate of 900 km per hour, after x hours it shuts down one engine and reduces its speed to 700 km per hour. The trip is a total of 3 hours long
How lonng should the pilot fly before shutting down one engine in order to go a total distance of 2352 in 3 hours.
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Question 64716: An airline starts off on a trip with all engines running. It is going at a rate of 900 km per hour, after x hours it shuts down one engine and reduces its speed to 700 km per hour. The trip is a total of 3 hours long
How lonng should the pilot fly before shutting down one engine in order to go a total distance of 2352 in 3 hours.
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Question 63435: If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?
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Question 64818: Roberto invested some money at 7%, and then investes $5000 more than twice this amount at 11%. His total annual income from the two investments was $3450. How much was invested at 11%?
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Question 64815: In the morning, May drove to an appointment at 50 mph. Her average speed on the return trip on the afternoon was 40 mph. The return trip took 1/8 hour longer. How far did she travel to the appointment?
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Question 64842: The first part of the 660-mile journey was by car at 30 MPH. The second part was by bus at 60 MPH. If the total time was 14 hours, what was the distance traveled by bus?

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Question 64901: If tim leaves at 10 am traveling down a road at 16 mph. And then at 10:30 his sister leaves traveling down the same road at 36 mph. how long will it take the sister to catch up?
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Question 64909: At the same time Kris leaves Washington D.C.,for Detroit,Michigan,Amy leaves Detroit for Washington D.C. The distance between the cites is 510 miles.Amy's average speed is 5 miles per hour faster than Kris's. How fast is Kris's average speed if they pass each other in 6 hours?
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Question 64929: Any help on this would be GREAT...
On a trip, Dave drives 267 miles, adds 8 gallons of gas to his tank, and drives another 310 miles before running out of gas. If Dave's car averages 18.2 miles per gallon, how many gallons did Dave already have in his tank before starting this trip?
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Question 64946: A boy started on a trip across a lake by a motorboat. After he had travelled 15 km, the motor failed and he had to use a banca for the remaining 6 km to his destination. His average speed by motor was 4 kph faster than his average speed while rowing a banca. If the entire trip took five and a half hours, what was his average speed while rowing ?
dear tuitor ,
ihave been trying this problem too many times but cant. This what i get
d = rt
motorboat d= 15 km r= r+4 t = t
banca d= 6 km r= r t= 5.5 - t
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Question 65162: How do you solve if t = 2.2 ?
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Question 65161: In time-distance relationships in the equation what is the real world meaning for -10 and 3?
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Question 65322: an airplane flies 1449 miles against the wind and 1539 miles with the wind in a total time of 5hours. the speed of the airplane in still air is 600mph. what is the speed of the wind ?
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Question 65311: The speed of an airplane in still air is 214mph. The plane travels 819mi against the wind and 1505 mi with the wind in a total time of 12 hrs. what is the speed of the wind?
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Question 65460: Students are having a gum spitting contest, and one student observes the gum follow a parabolic curve according to the equation -16x^2 +48x+4. What is the highest point the gum wad reaches and after how much time?
After how many seconds will the gum wad hit the ground?
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Question 65498: Abigail Nightwind has planned a bike trip with some friends from her village. They will bike for 8 hours, then hike for 4 hours. If they can bike on the average 10mph fater than they can hike and if they will cover a total of 122 miles, how fast can Abigail and her friends bike?
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Question 65510:
Mr and Mrs Morales agree to meet at 3:00pm at Los Alamos, a town between their present locations. They both leave their present location at 10:45am. Mr Morales drives at an average speed of 50 kph to arrive on time.
a) If Mrs Morales must drive 34 kilometers further than Mr Morales, what must her average speed be to arrive on time?
b) How far will Mr and Mrs Morales have driven when they meet in Los Alamos?
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Question 60880: An old train moves from a railway sattion at london and then the another fast train having the double the speed of an old train moves from the same railway track next to left of it after the first old train and meet an old train at the 180 miles distance. What are the speed of the both trains?
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Question 60112: Ahmed has first half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert (2x + 6) paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must go to the Castle Rock, walk �x� paces to the North, and then walk (2x + 4) paces to the East. If they share their information, then they can find �x� and save a lot of digging. What is �x�?
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Question 65578: A passenger train can travel 325mi in the same amount of time a freight train takes to travel 200mi. If the speed of the passenger train is 25mi/h faster then the speed of the freight train, find the speed of each.
Hos can this problem make sense with out knowing the actual time traveled or the speed?
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Question 65580: A plane flies 720mi agains a steady 30-mi/h headwind and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10h, what is the plane's speed in still air?
Thank you so much
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Question 65579: Ariana took 2h longer to drive 360mi on the first day of a trip than she took to drive 270mi on the second day. If her speed was the same on both days, what was the driving time each day?
Thank you for helping me understand these problems:-)
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Question 65618: Runner A is initially 6.0 km west of a flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 9.0 km/h due east. Runner B is initially 5.0 km east of the flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 8.0 km/h due west. What will be the distance of the two runners from the flagpole when their paths cross? ( It is not necessary to convert your answer from kilometers to meters for this problem. You may leave it in kilometers.)
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Question 65597: Ortiz drives twice as fast as his brother and therefore makes the 350-mile trip home in 5 hours less time. How fast does each drive, and for how long does each travel?
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Question 65679: Find the time required for an object to fall to the ground from a building that is 1400ft high.
Witht his problem I am lost because there is only one number to use, how can I figure it with only one number?
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Question 65727: Bonnie drove 540 miles in three times the time it took Buffy to travel 135 miles. Buffy's speed was slower than Bonnie's by 15 miles per hour. Frind the rate and time of each
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Question 65746: A ball is thrown upward from the roof of a building 100m tall with an initial velocity of 10m/s. When will the ball reach a hieght of 80m?
Same thing I can not understand how to solve this type of problem, thank you so much for the help:-)
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Question 65745: The equation h= -16t^2 + 112t gives the height of an arrow, shot upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 112ft/s, where t is the time after the arrow leaves the ground. Find the time it takes for the arrow to reach a height of 180ft.
h = 16t^2 + 112t
H= 180ft
180ft = -16t^2 + 112t
From here I seem to be lost on how to solve the problem. It tells me the information that I need to know I guess I just do not know how to use it... thank you for the help.
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Question 65812: A paddleboat can travel 60 miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 140 miles downstream. If the current of the river is 10 miles per hour, what is the speed of the paddleboat in still water?
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Question 65811: The measure of feet varied directly with the time in seconds. If it took 96 feet for 4 seconds, how many feet will it take for 12 seconds?
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Question 59200: Two Planes leave the same airpot at 11:00 a.m., traveling in opposite directions. One of the planes travels at a speed that is 150 mi/h faster than the other. At 1:00 p.m., the lanes are 1900 miles apart. Find the speed of the faster plane.
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