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Distance, Rate, Time

06/29/17

How many days would it take the National Forensic League to raise $750 if they were working on their own?
The Math Club is raising money for the local Humane Society Shelter and can raise $750 in 24 days. The National Forensic League is also raising $750 for the local Humane Society Shelter. The two... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

06/18/17

Distance, Rate, and Time w/ current
Brian decides to start training for swimming in a river. The current in the river is4km/hr. If he swims upstream 2 km and then back downstream to where he started in 3hours, what is his swimming... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

05/12/17

How do I find the distance for this problem?
Alex the geologist is in the desert, 10 km from a long, straight road. Alex’s jeep does50 kph on the road and 30 kph in the desert. Alex must return immediately to base camp,which is on the same... more
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Distance, Rate, Time Time Problem Distance Word Problems

03/18/17

Fuel Consumption pt. 2 (continuation)
At noon one day, Corey decided to follow a straight course in a motor boat. After one hour of making no turns and traveling at a steady rate, the boat was 6 miles east and 8 miles north of its... more
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Distance, Rate, Time Track & Field Time Problem

03/17/17

How much time will it take the faster runner to overlap the slower runner?
Brooks and Avery are running laps around the outdoor track, in the same direction. Brooks completes a lap every 78 seconds while Avery needs 91 seconds for every tour of the track. Brooks (the... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

03/15/17

A person drives a car 300 miles in 4 hours. At this rate, how far will this person travel in 7 hours?
This is about distance , rate and time 
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03/15/17

Distance, Rate, and Time
At noon one day, Corey decided to follow a straight course in a motor boat. After one hour of making no turns and traveling at a steady rate, the boat was 6 miles east and 8 miles north of... more
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03/15/17

Two cyclists are situated 60 miles apart. One has a falcon one his shoulder. The cyclists start riding toward each other at the same time, both maintaining a co
Two cyclists are situated 60 miles apart. One has a falcon one his shoulder. The cyclists start riding toward each other at the same time, both maintaining a constant speed of 30 mph. The moment... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

01/30/17

Distance rate time
Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and one west. The eastbound train travels 10 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains are 640 miles apart... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

01/20/17

Sam went to the park traveling 15 mph and returned home traveling 30 mph. If the total trip took 9 hours, how long did Sam travel at each speed?
I am trying to find the number of hours at 15mph and the number of hours at 30mph
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Distance, Rate, Time Algebra 2

01/09/17

An Airplane whose speed in sill air is 370 km/h can travel 1000km with the wind in the same time it travels 850km against the wind. Find the Speed of the wind.
I need the Distance Rate and Time and i also have no idea what i am doing
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Distance, Rate, Time

11/12/16

fine time taken by both planes to travel
Plane A flies 2700 miles I. The Same amount of time it takes plane B to fly 3040 miles. Plane B is flying 85mph faster than plane A. Find the amount of time it takes for each plane to travel their... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

10/18/16

Finding the speed of the boat assuming speed of river is constant speed to water.
A motorboat heads upstream a distance of 24 miles on a river whose current is running at 3 miles per hour (mi/hr). The trip up and back takes 6 hours. Assuming that the motorboat maintained a... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

10/16/16

What was the container ship's average speed?
A container ship left the dania pier and traveled north. And aircraft carrier left 4 hours later traveling at 30mph in an effort to catch up to the container ship. After traveling for 8 hours the... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

09/29/16

Solving a distance, rate, time problem using a linear equation
Justin drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 7 hours. When Justin drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 5 hours. If his... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

05/02/16

Fidn the crew's rowing rate in still water and rate of the current
A? boat's crew rowed 16 miles? downstream, with the? current, in 2 hours. The return trip? upstream, against the? current, covered the same? distance, but took 4 hours. Find the? crew's rowing rate... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

03/28/16

Twenty more than four times a number is equal to the difference between -71 and three times the number. Find the number.
find the number
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Distance, Rate, Time Algebra Word Problem

03/11/16

Rico can drive 2 times as fast as Raul can ride his bicycle. If it takes Raul 4 hours longer than Rico to travel 88 miles, how fast can Raul ride his bicycle?
 Rate, Time, Distance
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02/29/16

Distance Word Problem
Brianna is 207 miles away from Zoe. They are traveling towards each other. If Zoe travels 9 mph faster than Brianna and they meet after 9 hours, how fast was each traveling?
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02/22/16

College word problem
Although flight speed is dependent upon the weather and the wind, in general, a Canada goose can fly about 10mph faster than a great blue heron. In the same time that a Canada goose travels 120... more
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02/21/16

Word problem
Although flight speed is dependent upon the weather and the wind, in general, a Canada goose can fly about 10mph faster than a great blue heron. In the same time that a Canada goose travels 120... more
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Distance, Rate, Time Word Problem

02/09/16

Distance rate and time
two planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying east, the other flying west. The eastbound plane travels 60 mph slower. They are 3440 miles part after 4 hours. Find the speed of each plane. 
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Distance, Rate, Time

01/06/16

How to calculate distance based on just difference of arrival times of objects with different velocities
Assume two cars leave a city at the exact same time, on the same road, and one car is traveling 60 miles per hour and the other car is traveling 50 miles per hour. If the slower car arrives at... more
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Distance, Rate, Time

01/06/16

it takes a plane 1/2 hour less to fly from phoenix to boston at 500 mph than it does to return at 450 mph. how far apart are these cities?
i need to find the distance of the two places
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Distance, Rate, Time

12/08/15

, how far away does Kareem live from the mountains?
Kareem drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 12 hours. When Kareem drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 8 hours. If his... more
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