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A ship runs at 15 1/2 knots (pls convert to nautical miles per hour) for 3 1/2 hours. How far does the ship travel? - A train
A train can travel 1136 miles in 4 hours. What is the unit rate that this train is traveling per hour? Write in miles per hour. - The bicycle
The bicycle runs 30 mph for 20 minutes. How far it goes? - A race
A race car driver won a 500-mile race with a speed of 116.3 miles per hour. Find the driver's time.
- A truck 4
A truck covers a particular distance in 3 hours with a speed of 60 miles per hour. If the speed is increased by 30 miles per hour, find the time taken by the truck to cover the same distance in hours. - A plane
A plane is flying at the rate of 350 mph. After an eight-hour flight is at its destination, how far did the plane fly? - Noel drives
Noel drives at an average speed of 52 miles per hour (mi/h) for 3 1/4 hours. How far has he traveled for 3 1/4 hours? - Walking
Lucie can walk about 3 4/5 miles each hour. How far can she walk in 2 hours 45 minutes? - Drive to NJ
Ed drove to New Jersey at 30mph. He drove back home in 3 hours at 50 mph. How many hours did it take Ed to drive to New Jersey?
- A car miles
A car begins heading along a path at 50 mph. A second car begins an hour later, along the same path traveling at 70 mph. For how long will the first car travel when the second car overtakes it? - Runners
If John has a running speed of 3.5miles per hour and Lucy has a speed of 5 miles per hour. If John starts running at 10:00 AM, and Lucy starts running at 10:30 AM, what time will they meet? (as soon as possible) - Cars 6
At 9:00 AM, two cars started from the same town and traveled at a rate of 35 miles per hour, and the other car traveled at a speed of 40 miles per hour. After how many hours will the cars be 30 miles apart? - The caravans
At 6:00 in the morning, a caravan set out of the oasis at a speed of 1.5 miles per hour. Two hours later, a second caravan followed her at 2.5 miles per hour. When did the faster caravan run slower? How far from the oasis? - Fuel mileage
You have 3/8 tank of fuel. Estimate fuel consumption @ 6mpg. Estimate speed @ 50mph. Your fuel tank holds 200 gals. Figure out fuel mileage.
- Mail train
The speed of the mail train is 1370 meters per minute. Express it in miles per hour, correct to three significant figures. Use the following facts to convert this units: 1 meter = 39.37 inches, 1 mile = 1609 m, 1 hour = 60 minutes - Average speed 4
Starting at home, Tony traveled uphill to the store for 45 minutes at 8 miles per hour. he then traveled back home on the same path at a speed of 24 miles per hour. What is his average speed for the entire trip? - Round-trip
A woman works at a law firm in city A, about 50 miles from city B. She must go to the law library in city B to get a document. Find how long it takes her to drive round-trip if she averages 40 mph. - David 5
David was riding his bicycle at a speed of 26.5 kilometers per hour (km/h). Use the fact that 1 kilometer is approximately equal to 0.6214 miles to convert this speed to miles per hour (mile/h) - Brian 2
Brian and Jake left their homes 500 miles apart and drove straight toward each other. It took 4 hours for the two to meet if Jake's speed was 15 mph slower than Brian's. What was Brian's speed?
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