212 articles trouvés pour ce sujet.
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3.1 miles in 4 minutes |
2021-06-21 |
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Jean pose la question : I am a school bus driver. My route directions and time schedule have me traveling
3.1 miles in 4 minutes. How fast do "they" expect me to drive to accomplish this?
Thank You Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Time, distance and rate |
2021-03-10 |
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Zander pose la question : A lady drives 180km from her wine farm to Ceres. On her return (at night) she
drove 30km/h slower. Her return takes one hour longer. At what speed did she
drive home? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Running around a circular track |
2020-10-31 |
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kaylee pose la question : Keiko and Kendra are training for an international track competition. Kendra is running one lap on the outside of a circular track with a diameter of 1000 feet. Her constant rate of speed is 12 mi/h. Keiko is running one lap on the outside of a nearby circular track with a diameter of 1125 feet. She is also running at 12 mi/h. Find the time, in minutes, each runner needs to complete one lap. Harley Weston lui répond. |
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The angular speed of a wheel |
2020-09-03 |
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Catrina pose la question : A car is moving at a rate of 75 miles per hour, and the diameter of its wheels is 2.6 in. Find the angular speed of the wheels in radians per minute. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A word problem with no algebra |
2020-08-11 |
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Julie pose la question : At 3pm, Bruce headed north at 30 km/hr. 2 hours later, Lucy headed south at 40 km/hr. At what time will they be 340 km apart Penny Nom lui répond. |
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10 miles in 2 minutes |
2019-12-20 |
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james pose la question : how fast would you be traveling to go 10 miles in 2 minutes? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Angular velocity |
2018-12-05 |
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Kolade pose la question : Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Bob have covered themselves in velcro, and shot themselves out of a large
cannon so that they stick to a huge rotating velcro wheel (don’t try this at home). As shown in Figure 1(a),
Krusty is now stuck to a point 3.00 m from the center of the wheel while Bob is stuck to another point 5.00 m
from the center. The wheel is rotating counterclockwise at 10.0 rpm. Conveniently a set of axes is suspended
just in front the wheel (Krusty asked for axes, like the ones you would use to chop wood, so that he and Bob
could chase each other with them in the usual wholesome entertainment he is known for. Unfortunately, the
set designer misunderstood.) The axes do not rotate with the wheel.
(a) Find Krusty’s and Bob’s angular velocities, in radians per second. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Speed |
2018-11-06 |
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Dolores pose la question : if I drove 3/4 mile in 32 seconds, what was my speed ? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2018-10-18 |
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Akidima pose la question : A bicycle wheel rotates uniformly through 2.0 revolutions in 4.0 seconds .
What is the average angular speed of the wheel Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Throwing a football |
2018-04-26 |
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Abby pose la question : Daring Danny's threw a football at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal. The football hit the ground at 36 feet. Danny is 5 feet 1 inch tall. Find the initial velocity
I have been trying to figure this problem out for forever! Please help! I am really confused because I don't know time either and you are supposed to find that as well as velocity. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A cyclist reduces his speed |
2018-02-27 |
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Katherine pose la question : Suppose the winner had reduced his average cycling rate by .1 mile per hour.
By how much would his time have changed?
(the cyclist's rate is 23.66 miles per hour and the answer to the question before this
one was that he cycled 2,292 miles in 96.87 hours) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the skateboarder? |
2018-02-13 |
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Zack pose la question : It takes a skateboarder 20 minutes to get to school, which is 6 km from home. What is the speed of the skateboarder? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Speed in kilometers per hour |
2017-12-21 |
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Cody pose la question : if a train travels 400 meters in 30 seconds how many kilometers per hr is it traveling Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many miles did he drive in one hour? |
2017-11-21 |
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Ava pose la question : Graham drove 42 1/3 Miles in 1 1/3 hours. How many miles did he drive in one hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Walking up and down a hill |
2017-09-19 |
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Justina pose la question : At 2:20 p.m. Jack is at the top of the hill and starts walking down at the exact same time that Jill, who is at the bottom of the hill, starts walking up. If they maintain the uphill speed of 2mph and downhill speed of 4mph and the distance from the bottom to the top of the hill is 1.5 mi, at what time will Jack and Jill meet? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How fast am I travelling? |
2017-06-24 |
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corey pose la question : if i travel 2 miles in 10 seconds, how fast am i travelling please Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A man drives 48km in 45 minutes |
2017-06-03 |
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Jamal pose la question : A man drives from Ibadan to Oyo a distance of 48km in 45 minutes. If he drives at 72km/h where the surface is good and 48km/h where the surface is bad. Find the number of kilometers of good surfaces Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Yards per second to miles per hour |
2017-05-11 |
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Scott pose la question : If a soccer ball travels 30 yards or roughly .017 miles in 2 seconds how fast was the ball going in mph? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Feet per second to miles per hour |
2017-01-27 |
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ron pose la question : if a vehicle travels 50 feet in 2.5 seconds what is the speed in mph.
3600 sec in hour /5280 feet in a mile i get .68181818. how do i figure the 2.5
seconds. all the calculators I've used show 34 mph is that correct or am i forgetting the 2.5 second. please help. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2017-01-21 |
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Kenzi pose la question : A wheel of radius 14 inches is rotating 45°/sec. What is the linear speed in in/sec and the
angular speed in RPM? (Round your answers to three decimal places)
I already found the linear speed. I got 10.996 in/sec. I don't know how to find the angular
speed. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Travelling upstream and downstream |
2016-10-17 |
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Kathleen pose la question : It took a boat 2 hours to reach town A going upstream. The way back was 1h20 min. What is the speed of the boat in still water if the speed of the stream is 3 mph? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A car chase |
2016-09-25 |
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Ms. pose la question : Car 1 is traveling down the road at 50 mph and passes Car 2 is
sitting on the side of the road. Car 2 needs to catch Car 1 one half mile
down the road. How fast must Car 2 drive to catch Car 1 if Car 2
waits 10 seconds before pursuing Car 1?
Yes, the assumption is that the Car 2 can accelerate from a standing position and over take Car 1 rate. What is the answer or formula for this type of question?
Respectfully
Befuddled Mom? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How fast and how far must Car 2 travel before catching Car 1? |
2016-09-25 |
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Ms. pose la question : Car 1 is traveling down the road at 50 mph and passes Car 2 is
sitting on the side of the road. Car 2 needs to catch Car 1 one half mile
down the road. How fast must Car 2 drive to catch Car 1 if Car 2
waits 10 seconds before pursuing Car 1?
Yes, the assumption is that the Car 2 can accelerate from a standing position and over take Car 1 rate. What is the answer or formula for this type of question?
Respectfully
Befuddled Mom? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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John and Max walk to meet each other |
2016-05-29 |
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abhay pose la question : The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/h and 40 km/h.Initially Max is at a place L and John is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 km. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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At what time will Sara catch up with Jake? |
2016-05-07 |
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Laura pose la question : At 11:00 a.m., Jake started driving along a highway at constant speed of 50 miles per hour. A quarter of an hour later, Sara started driving along the same highway in the same direction as Jake at the constant speed of 65 miles per hour. At what time will Sara catch up with Jake? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A 3 hour river cruise |
2016-05-06 |
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Jan pose la question : A 3 hour river cruise goes 15km upstream and then back again.The river has a current speed of 2km/h.what is the boat's speed and how long was the upstream journey? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A road trip word problem |
2016-04-10 |
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Marc pose la question : While on a road trip I imagined this random word problem. Suppose I start a trip of 75 miles. My initial speed is 75 miles per hour. After every mile traveled I decrease my speed by one mile per hour. After the first mile I decrease my speed to 74 miles per hour and so on for each subsequent mile traveled. How long will it take to complete the 75 mile journey? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Travelling in a spacecraft |
2016-03-25 |
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julie pose la question : if i was travelling in a spacecraft at the speed of light and i turned on my headlight would i see the beam ? Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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Speed and velocity |
2016-02-14 |
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kechi pose la question : A boat sails south through Chesapeake Bay. It takes 10 hours to sail 110 kilometers. Describe the boat's motion. Calculate the boat's speed and velocity, showing the calculations. Explain how the boat's speed is different from its velocity Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Travelling with and against he current |
2016-02-09 |
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Lloyd pose la question : A boat travelled 210 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 10hrs, the trip back took 70hrs
1. what is the speed of the current?
2. what is the speed of the boat in still water? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Travelling in opposite directions |
2015-12-06 |
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Roselyn pose la question : Jenny and Mark commute to work, travelling in opposite directions. Jenny leaves the house at 8 AM, and averages 35 kph. Mark leaves at 8:15 AM, and averages 40 kph.At what time will they be 40 kilometers apart? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A train trip |
2015-03-23 |
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Ngcebo pose la question : A train travels a distance of 720 km at a speed of x km/h. on the return journey, it travels at an average speed of y km/h and completes the whole journey in an hour less. if the speed during the return journey was 10 km/h more, what were the speeds in m/s Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Average rate for a return trip |
2015-03-14 |
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Michael pose la question : Jeffrey drove to a town 25 miles away at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. The return trip along the same route took 20 minutes longer than the trip to town. Determine the average speed in miles per hour for Jeffrey's round trip. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Stopping distance |
2015-02-11 |
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Audrey pose la question : A Harley Davidson motor cycle weighing 650 lbs with a rider weighing 175 bs
was going 40 miles per hour. He had to make a sudden stop . Slammed on brakes. How long a distance for him to stop? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Speed, distance and time |
2015-02-06 |
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Terry pose la question : How many seconds would it take to travel 0.18 km at a speed of 130km per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two cars pass each other going in opposite directions |
2015-02-03 |
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Caroline pose la question : Two cars pass each other going i opposite directions. One car is going 100 km/h and the other is going 80 km/h. How far apart will the two cars be after driving 45 minutes at these rates of speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A train from Vancouver to Whistler |
2015-02-02 |
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Tea pose la question : Serena and Nina are taking a train from Vancouver to Whistler, a 160km trip. If the average speed is decreased by 16km/hr, the trip will be 1/2 hours longer. What is the average speed of the train?
Thanks :) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A motorbike race |
2015-01-25 |
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Pramegh pose la question : In a motorbike race of 75 km, the winner completes the race with a lead of 300 meters and 8 seconds before the second rider. Considering the riders ride with an average speed, find the difference between their speeds with which they completed the race.
(Calculate up to 2 decimal places) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Jason's speed |
2014-10-31 |
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jason pose la question : the speed of Jason is 12 times faster than everyone. The speed of Jason is 108mph. Write the equation and solve to find the speed of everyone else. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the boat in still water? |
2014-10-30 |
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Adam pose la question : The current in a stream moves at a speed of 2 km/h. A boat travels 38 km upstream and 38 km downstream in a total time of 3 hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Revolutions per minute |
2014-10-24 |
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Edward pose la question : Hello; I have a 28.2 inch diameter tire; do not worry about engine RPM or gear ratios, please tell me what the RPM
of that tire is at 8 MPH and 64 MPH. Thank you.
Sincerely; Edward Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Problem solving |
2014-09-08 |
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hubert pose la question : a car left the house and travelled at an average speed of 60 kph.how many minutes will it take for the car to reach the school which is 8 km away from the house Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A car passing a bus |
2014-08-24 |
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Athish pose la question : the driver of the car is travelling at 36 km/hr and spots a bus 80 m ahead of him after 1 hr the bus is 120 m behind the car what is the speed of the bus Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Distance, speed and time |
2014-08-13 |
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abdel pose la question : Mac walked to a park from the college at 5 km/h. 10 minutes later, Steve started
riding his bike at 15 km/h to the same park to meet Mac. They arrive at the same
time at the park. How far is the park from the college? Tyler Wood lui répond. |
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Speed, distance, time |
2014-08-13 |
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Aarti pose la question : a theif running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10km/hr.if the thief is 100 m ahead the policeman then what will b time required for the policeman to catch the thief? Tyler Wood lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2014-06-29 |
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andrea pose la question : a wheel having a radius of 10cm rotates such that the linear speed at its rim is 30mls.
what is the angular speed of the wheel in rpm? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the buses? |
2014-05-18 |
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musliu pose la question : Two buses leave a bus station and travel in opposite direction from that same starting point.if the speed of one is twice the speed of the other and they are 240km apart at the end of 1h, what is the speed of the buses? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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2 cars driving towards each other |
2014-04-27 |
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Joakim pose la question : 2 cars driving towards eachother , the distance between them is 162km. they meet after 2 hours. car A is driving with 4/5 of car B´s speed. what is the speed of each car... Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What time was it when joe's brother passed him? |
2014-04-25 |
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Nathan pose la question : joe left home in his bike at 10:00 am, traveling 21 km/h. At noon, his brother set out after him on his motorcycle, following the same route. if the motorcycle traveled at 63 km/h, what time was it when joe's brother passed him? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Walking up and down a hill |
2014-02-06 |
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flo pose la question : michelle walks 4 km to the top of a hill at 3 km/h then immediately walks back down at an average speed of 5 km/h what is her average speed for the 8km walk Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Why can't we add or subtract speed? |
2013-11-21 |
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kashish pose la question : why we cannot add or subtract "speed" / directly in any given distance , speed , time questions? Chris Fisher lui répond. |
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One train overtaking another |
2013-11-11 |
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kiran pose la question : two trains of equal length are running in parallel tracks in the same direction with the speed of 60km/hr and 90km/hr respectively the latter completely crosses the former in 30 seconds the length of each train is in mtr Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the original speed? |
2013-08-10 |
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MJ pose la question : If a truck increases its average speed by 10 km/h it can cover 60 km at the original speed in the same time that it can cover 80 km at the faster speed. What is the original speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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6 miles in 28 minutes what's my average speed? |
2013-03-05 |
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lynda pose la question : 6 miles in 28 minutes what's my average speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Swimming upstream and downstream |
2013-02-15 |
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Kimberly pose la question : a beaver swims down to its lodge 4 times faster than it swims upstream. how many times faster is its speed in still water than the speed of the stream? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A journey of two parts |
2013-02-06 |
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Natalie pose la question : Mr Lim drove at 70 km per hour for 1 hour and 30 minutes. He then drove another 55 km. if his average speed for the whole journey was 80km per hour, what was his speed for the 55 km journey? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Revolutions per second |
2012-10-18 |
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Crystal pose la question : Suppose a car wheel is 26 inches in diameter.
a) If the tire completes one rotation, how far would the car travel?
b) If the car is traveling at 60 miles per hour, how fast is the car wheel spinning in revolutions per second? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Adding speeds |
2012-08-26 |
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Roy pose la question : May I ask if it is correct to add the following with units included? Some tell me that the units cannot be included in the addition because we cannot add speed. Harley Weston lui répond. |
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A plane travelling with the wind and against the wind |
2012-08-03 |
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Gwen pose la question : The time of a plane trip of 450 miles, with the wind is 3/5 the time of the return trip against the wind. If the plane travels 120 mph in still air, what is the wind speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How fast am i driving? |
2012-05-18 |
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bozenga pose la question : How fast am I driving if I cover 40 feet in .1 seconds (1/10th of a second)? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How long will it take lee to catch up with jodie? |
2012-03-21 |
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kirsten pose la question : for example, if jodie is on the bus travelling at 10 m.p.h and lee is walking at 4 m.p.h how long will it take lee to catch up with jodie?? what is this mathematical name for this Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Jack and Kate set off in their cars ... |
2012-02-13 |
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akiri pose la question : Jack and Kate set off in their cars from the same point to travel the same journey. Jack has a start of eight minutes before Katie sets off. If Jack travels at 50mph and Katie travels at 75mph, how many miles will be travelled when the two cars are level? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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There is a police officer in pursuit of suspect |
2012-02-01 |
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Jay pose la question : There is a police officer in pursuit of suspect. They suspect is driving on a straight road traveling at 79 mph, the officer is 233 yds away, traveling at 92 mph, the suspects car 5 ft long and the officers car is 5.3 ft long, how long will it take to have the front of the officers car, equal to the front of the suspects car down to the tenth of a second. Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Two trains passing each other |
2011-12-07 |
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Tamkeen pose la question : two trains 245m and 315m long are travelling toward each other at 90km/h and 54km/h respectively on parallel lines . how long do the train take to pass one another train the time they meet each other? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The average speed for the whole journey |
2011-10-30 |
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Shahzad pose la question : a train travels 68 Km at an average speed of 51Km/h. It then travels another 20Km at an average speed of 40Km/h before reaching its destination. Calculate the average speed for the whole journey? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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37 miles in 3 seconds |
2011-10-20 |
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Joyce pose la question : Jake can travel 37 miles in 3 seconds,please calculate jake's rate of speed.(round to 2 decimal places) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the boat in still water? |
2011-10-07 |
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Hannah pose la question : The speed of a stream is 3 mph. A boat travels 10 miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 16 miles downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Chuong and Hassan drive to work |
2011-10-04 |
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Dilshad pose la question : Chuong and Hassan both drive 40 km from home to work each day. One day Chuong said to Hasssan, "If you drive home at your usual speed, I will average 40 kmph faster than you and arrive home in 20 minutes less time." Find Hassan's speed. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Driving to meet Mary |
2011-08-24 |
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Denise pose la question : mary leaves St Paul traveling 2000 miles @ 55 MPH; John leaves LA traveling 2000 miles @ 45 MPH how many miles will John had traveled to meet mary? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two boats |
2011-03-29 |
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Mamie pose la question : Two speed boats leave the port of San Francisco traveling in opposite directions
at the same time.One boat travels 8 knots per hour faster than the other.After
one day's travel they are 1,920 nautical miles apart.What are the speeds of the
two boats. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Average speed |
2011-03-07 |
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West pose la question : Calculate the distance (in km) that Larry runs if he maintains an average speed of 8km/hr for 45 minutes Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is its speed in miles per hour? |
2011-01-06 |
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Miriam pose la question : An airliner travels 125miles in 15minutes. What is its speed in miles per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2010-12-12 |
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Jason pose la question : 7 in. pulley traveling @ 175ft/sec. What is the rpm? Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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80 miles in 40 minutes |
2010-12-08 |
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james pose la question : i travel 8o miles in 40 minutes. how fast am i going in mph Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2010-12-03 |
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Julie pose la question : If the angular speed of a circle is 360 degrees divided by the time it took to rotate,
how do I calculate ones that have greater rotations than the amount of time?
I mean, you calculate the angular speed of a merry-go-around that spins once every 5 seconds
by doing 360degrees/5 sec, but how do you calculate a merry-go-around that has 16 rotations every 4 seconds? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is its speed in still air? |
2010-11-28 |
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Shelby pose la question : An Airplane flies a certain distance in 3 hours going WITH a 40km/hr wind. It travels the same distance in 5 hours when going against the wind. What is it's speed and how long would it take to travel the same distance in still air? Distance = speed x time Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A train passes a car |
2010-10-24 |
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Mary pose la question : A train, whose speed is 75 mph, takes 3 minutes to pass a car that is going 60 mph in the same direction. How long is the train? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What are the speeds of the boats? |
2010-10-21 |
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Adori pose la question : Two boats leave the port of San Francisco traveling in opposite directions at the same time. One boat travels 8 knots per hour faster than
the other. After one day's travel they are 1920 nautical miles apart. What are the speeds of the boats? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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John and Mary are 200 miles apart |
2010-10-20 |
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Sarah pose la question : two people, john and mary, are 200 miles apart and leave at the same time to meet.
They are driving toward each other at constant rate on the same straight road.
John is traveling at 45 mph and Mary is traveling at 35 mph.
When they meet, how many miles will they be from john's house? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A commuter airline between two cities |
2010-10-19 |
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Adori pose la question : An airline runs a commuter between two cities that are 720 miles apart. If the average speed of the planes is increased by 40 miles per hour, the travel time is decreased An airline runs a commuter between two cities that are 720 miles apart. If the average speed of the planes is increased by 40 miles per hour, the travel time is decreased by 12 minutes. What airspeed is required to obtain this decrease in travel time? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two jets leave denver at 9 am. |
2010-10-15 |
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Carl pose la question : two jets leave denver at 9 am. One flying east at a speed of 50 km per hour greater than the other which is traveling west. At 11 am the planes are 2500 km apart. Find their speeds. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Two cars |
2010-09-30 |
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Amanda pose la question : Two cars, 142 miles apart, start moving towards each other at the same
time. One is moving 3 times as fast as the other. If they meet 1.7 hrs
later, find the average speed of the slower car in miles per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the average speed? |
2010-09-21 |
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Cindy pose la question : A boat travels downstream m nautical miles at d knots. It travels upstream m nautical miles at u knots. What is the average speed for the entire trip? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two cars on a circular track |
2010-08-12 |
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david pose la question : If two cars starts to drive at point 1 and go in a circle when will they meet?
(one cars speed is faster the other ) all I need is a formula Tyler Wood lui répond. |
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How fast is the second car taveling? |
2010-07-26 |
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Jeff pose la question : A car is traveling 75 mph. It takes 12 miles to overtake a second car that was .5 mile ahead. How fast is the second car taveling? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Pursuing Car 1 |
2010-07-13 |
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Mark pose la question : Car 1 is traveling down the road at 50mph and passes Car 2 is
sitting on the side of the road. Car 2 needs to catch Car 1 one half mile
down the road. How fast must Car 2 drive to catch Car 1 if Car 2
waits 10 seconds before pursuing Car 1? Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the current? |
2010-05-25 |
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tien pose la question : a boat travels upstream, against a current, at a speed of 4 miles per hour. On the return trip, the boat travels downstream, with the current , at 10 miles per hour. the speed of the current remains constant. what is the speed of the current? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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When will the second truck catch up to the first? |
2010-05-22 |
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Josie pose la question : At 9:00 a.m. a truck leaves the truck yard and travels west at a rate of 45 mi/hr. At 11:00 a.m., a second truck leaves along the same route, travelling at 60 mi/hr. When will the second truck catch up to the first? Tyler Wood lui répond. |
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Find the speed of the current of the river |
2010-05-19 |
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paul pose la question : a boat travels 100 miles downstream in the same length of time it travels 50 miles upstream. if the boat's speed in still water is 30 mph find the speed of the current of the river? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Sammy and his motorboat |
2010-05-11 |
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Jordan pose la question : Sammy owns a motorboat that travels 4 miles/hour in still water. It goes 12 miles upstream and 12 miles back again (downstream) in a total of 8 hours. Find the speed of the current of the river. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the current? |
2010-03-17 |
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Carl pose la question : If you can row 3 mph in still water and paddle 3 miles upstream and return in 3.6 hours then what is the speed of the current? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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30.0 km per hour |
2010-02-19 |
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Diana pose la question : if a car travels 30.0 km per hour, how many km will it go in 2.0 hours? How far will it go in 15 minutes? Tyler Wood lui répond. |
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How fast am I walking? |
2010-01-10 |
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KEVIN pose la question : IF I WALK 3 MILES IN 28 MINUTES, HOW FAST AM I WALKING? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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e = m c^2 |
2009-12-09 |
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Jim pose la question : Please explain the following formula:
E=MC2 (squared) Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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... the original speed of the car was? |
2009-12-08 |
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venkatesh pose la question : A car travels a distance of 840 miles at a uniform speed if the speed of the car is increased 10 m/h more ,it takes two hours less to cover the same distance ,the original speed of the car was?
options:75 mh,65 m/h,60 m/h,55 m/h,45 m/h . Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2009-11-19 |
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Atalie pose la question : The engine of a sports car rotates at 5000 revolution per minute. Calculate the angular speed of the engine in radians per second, given that 2pi radians = 1 revolution Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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At what rate are the people moving apart? |
2009-11-01 |
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saira pose la question : A man starts walking north at 4 ft/s from a point P. 5 minutes later a woman starts walking south at 5 ft/s from a point 500 ft due east of P. At what rate are the people moving apart 15 minute after the woman starts walking ? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Two jets are traveling towards each other |
2009-10-05 |
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jake pose la question : two jets are traveling towards each other and are 4000 km apart. the rate of one jet is 100 km/h faster than the rate of the other. if the jets pass each other after 2.5 hrs what is the rate of speed of the faster jet? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How fast am i going? |
2009-09-28 |
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ron pose la question : how fast am i going if i drive 40 miles in 20 minutes...what is the formula for figuring this out. Leeanne Boehm lui répond. |
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Average speed |
2009-09-11 |
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john pose la question : Sally travels by car from one city to another. She drives for 20.0 min at 68.0 km/h, 40.0 min at 37.0 km/h, and 51.0 min at 77.0 km/h, and she spends 12.0 min eating lunch and buying gas.
What is the average speed for the trip? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Average speed |
2009-08-20 |
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Christina pose la question : We ran 3.4 miles in 40 minutes. What was our average speed? Leeanne Boehm lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2009-08-04 |
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Mary pose la question : The engine of a sports car rotates at 5000 revolutions per minute (rpm). Calculate the angular speed of the engine in radians per second. Use 2 radians = 1 revolution. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Driving to school and back |
2009-05-17 |
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marylyne pose la question : suppose you are late for school and you drive from your house at a constant rate of 70 mph.when class is over, you drive home at a more leisurely 50mph. what is your average speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two Boats |
2009-05-16 |
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Simon pose la question : Two boats, one travelling towards the east and the other travelling towards the north, are 10 km apart afetr an hour. If the speed of one boat is 2 more than the speed of the other boat, what is the speed of the faster boat? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What was her rate of speed? |
2009-05-06 |
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Stephanie pose la question : beth paddled a canoe to a picnic spot in the river in 2 hours. she traveled up the stream back to the original spot in three hours. the current was two miles per hour.
What was her rate of speed? Robert Dawson and Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Two airplanes are 300 miles apart |
2009-04-22 |
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afzalsultan pose la question : Two airplanes are 300 miles apart and flying directly towards each other.One is flying at 200 miles per hour, and the other at 160 miles per hour.How long will it take for the two planes to meet Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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Passing three cars |
2009-04-16 |
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Larry pose la question : If 3 cars are going 50 mph, and a fourth car pass the first 3 cars in 200 feet, how fast is the fourth car going? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A man travels a total of 8km in 6 hours |
2009-04-10 |
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Kieran pose la question : Hello!
I was wondering if you could help me with this question! Thank you
A man travels a total of 8km in 6 hours
if his speed was xkm/4hours in the first stage
then his speed was 8-x/2hours in the second part.
If the average speed for the first leg of the journey
was 1.1km/h faster than the second part: find x Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many miles per hour was it traveling? |
2009-04-04 |
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Regina pose la question : a car traveled 16 miles in 30 minutes. How many miles per hour was it traveling? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A trip at two different speeds |
2009-03-28 |
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A student pose la question : Good afternoon!
An automobile travels 4 hours at an average speed of 42MPH. How much
longer must the truck travel at an average speed of 55MPH so the
average speed for the total trip will be 50MPH?
Thank you for your assistance! Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The speed of a tire in revolutions per minute |
2009-03-28 |
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Jules pose la question : Suppose that a tire on a car has an outer diameter of 2,5 feet. How many
revolutions per minute does that tire make when the car is travelling 60
miles per hour? (hint:first find the angular velocity in radians per minute.) Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Fred in his canoe |
2009-02-21 |
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Susan pose la question : Fred paddled for 4 hours with a 7 km/hr current to reach a campsite. The return trip against the same current took 9 hr. Find the speed of Fred's canoe in still water. (Remember to include correct units) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Catching up to the car ahead |
2009-02-06 |
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Ashley pose la question : Car A passes Car B on a freeway. The driver of Car B decides to speed up to 75 mph and catch Car A, whose driver is maintaining a constant speed.
Looking ahead, the driver of Car B sees Car A go under an overpass one-qarter mile up the road. Exactly six minutes later, Car B catches Car A.
How fast was the car going? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A falling object |
2009-02-01 |
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Tamara pose la question : We drop an object from rest (i.e. its initial spped is zero. It is falling freely toward the ground. What will be its speed after 5 seconds of falling? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What will be its speed after 10s? |
2009-02-01 |
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Tamara pose la question : An object has an initial speed of 5 m/s and is accelerating with 2 m/s2 (m/s squared) acceleration. What will be its speed after 10s? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Linear speed |
2009-01-26 |
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Hom pose la question : A semi is driving cross country at 70mph. The tires on the semi have a 3 foot diameter. What is the linear speed in feet per minute? Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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The speed of the boat and the river |
2008-10-28 |
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Jenn pose la question : On the Amazon River in Brazil, a boat goes 50 miles upstream in 3 hours, later the boat returns to the starting point in 2 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water and what is the current speed in this part of the Amazon? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Finding the Speed of a Truck |
2008-09-08 |
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Rita pose la question : A state trooper is hidden 30 feet from a highway. One second after a truck passes, the angle theta between the highway and the line of observation from the patrol car to the truck is measured.
(a) If the angle measures 15 degrees, how fast is the truck traveling? Express the answer in feet per second and miles per hour. Janice Cotcher lui répond. |
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Angular & Linear Speed from a Sine Graph |
2008-08-19 |
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Kim pose la question : Kim, a student:
I am given a graph with a wave. The amplitude is 5cm and the period is 4cm. I am suppose to find the angular speed. What I need to know is the formula for angular speed and how do I use these numbers to get the correct answer. Janice Cotcher lui répond. |
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Running in opposite directions |
2008-07-29 |
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maame pose la question : if i run six miles per hour and my friend runs four miles per hour and we both run for two hours in opposite directions how many miles apart will we be after the two hours? Janice Cotcher and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Going to Neptune |
2008-07-29 |
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mariah pose la question : how fast would you be going per hour if you wanted to get to neptune in 1 week ? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Going from 45 mph to 35 mph |
2008-07-09 |
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Terry pose la question : How long (distance - feet AND time) will it take a car traveling at 45 mph to slow down to a speed of 35 mph? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Two trains |
2008-07-07 |
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Elisha pose la question : Trains at each end of the 50. km long Eurotunnel under the English Channel start at the same time into the tunnel. Find their speeds if the train from France travels 8. km/h faster than the train from England and they pass in 17 minutes. Janice Cotcher and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Miles per hour |
2008-07-01 |
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Nedra pose la question : If I walk 1 mile and 2/10ths in 20 minutes how fast am I going?
AND how many calories have I burned off? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The current in a river |
2008-06-12 |
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Joi pose la question : To approximate the speed of the current of a river, a circular paddle wheel with radius 4 feet is lowered into the water. If the current causes the wheel to rotate at a speed of 10 revolutions per minute, what is the speed of the current? Express your answer in miles per hour. Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Can the witness' statement be correct? |
2008-06-02 |
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Leria pose la question : The model S= radical 30df describes the relationship between the speed of a car , the conditions of the road, and the length of the skid marks when the car slams on the brakes. S is the speed of the car in miles per hour,
d is the length of the tires' skid marks in feet and f is the coefficient of the friction for the road.
In an accident, a car makes skid marks 85 feet long. The coefficient of friction is 0.6. A witness says that the driver was traveling faster than the speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Can the witness's statement be correct? Use algebra to explain your answer. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A cat is walking on the tread of a tank |
2008-05-26 |
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Kathleen pose la question : If a cat is walking on the tread of a tank travelling at 28kmh how fast does the cat have to walk to avoid falling under the tracks? Janice Cotcher lui répond. |
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What is the altitude of the plane? |
2008-04-23 |
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tiana pose la question : If a plane is taking off and its climbing at 380 feet per minute at 205 MPH, what is the altitude of the plane after it traveled 115 miles? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A car is travelling at 80 km/hr speed |
2008-04-10 |
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mathew pose la question : A CAR TRAVELLING AT A SPEED OF 80km/hr. How much time will take this car to cross a tunnel of 100M Penny Nom lui répond. |
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1 mile per minute |
2008-04-01 |
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jennifer pose la question : If you are traveling at 1 mile per minute how fast would you need to be going Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A train and a boat |
2008-03-15 |
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Sabrina pose la question : A railroad bridge is 20m above, and at right angles to, a river. A person in a train travelling at 60 km/h passes over the centre of the bridge at the same instant that a person in a motorboat travelling at 20km/h passes under the centre of the bridge. How fast are the two people separating 10s later? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Average speed up and down a hill |
2008-03-09 |
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Judith pose la question : An old broken-down ar has to travel a two miles route, up and down a hill.
Because it is so old, the car travels the first mile - the ascent - at an average
speed of fifteen miles per hour. How fast must it cover the second mile -
the decent - to achieve an average speed of thirty miles per hours?
(There is a missing variable, but what is it?) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A ball bearing is placed on an inclined plane |
2008-02-15 |
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Leah pose la question : A ball bearing is placed on an inclined plane and begins to roll.
The angle of elevation of the plane is x.
The distance (in meters) that the ball bearing rolls in t seconds is s(t) = 4.9(sin x)t^2.
What is the speed of the ball bearing,
and what value of x will produce the maximum speed at a particular time? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Radians |
2008-02-08 |
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Brian pose la question : I'm teaching Precalculus right now and will be covering the formula to convert angular speed into linear speed. My question is about the units involved. Using v=rw, if r is mearsured in feet and w is measured in radians/second then v is measured in ft/sec. What happened to the units of radians? I can't find a good way to explain why they are not part of units for velocity. Do you have a good explanation?
Thanks, Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Driving towards each other |
2008-01-16 |
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Shanda pose la question : Paul and Charlene are 420 miles apart. They start toward each other with Paul driving 16 miles per hour faster than Charlene. They meet in 5 hours. Find Charlene's speed. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the plane in still air? |
2008-01-05 |
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oscar pose la question : A plane flies 400 miles with the wind and 340 miles against the wind
in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 24mph, what is
the speed of the plane in still air? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many complete revolutions does each wheel make? |
2007-12-28 |
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varoon pose la question : The wheels of a car are of diameter 80cm each. How many complete revolutions does each wheel make in 10 minutes when the car is travelling at a speed of 66kms per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two cars going in opposite directions |
2007-11-25 |
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alexa pose la question : two cars leave town at the same time going opposite directions. one of them
travels at 55 mph and the other at 65 mph. in how many hours will they be
150 miles apart? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Radial motion |
2007-11-13 |
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abdulai pose la question : a circular saw with diameter 18.4cm rotates at 2400rpm. What is the angular speed of a point on the edge of the saw blade in radians per second? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Stopping distance and speed |
2007-11-11 |
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Joanna pose la question : The algebraic relation d=0.0056^2 ++ 0.14s models the relation between a vehicle's stopping distance d, in metres, and its speed s, in kilometres per hour.
(a) What is the fastest you could drive and still be able to stop within 80 m?
(b) What is the stopping distance for a car travelling at 120 km/h?
(c) Estimate the length of an average car. How many car lengths does the the stopping distance in (b) correspond to? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A car traveled 175m at certain speed |
2007-10-28 |
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abdi pose la question : A car traveled 175m at certain speed. if the speed had been 20 mph faster,
the trip could have been made in 1 hr less time. find the speed? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Two cars |
2007-09-17 |
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Lanie pose la question : Two cars enter the Florida Turnpike at Commercial Boulevard at 8:00am, each heading for Wildwood. One car's average speed is 10 miles per hour more than the other's. The faster car arrives at Wildwood at 11:00 am, 1/2 hour before the other car. What is the average speed of each car? How far did each travel? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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How many miles per hour was I driving |
2007-09-11 |
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Gary pose la question : How many miles per hour was I driving to go 37 miles in 13 minutes Victoria West lui répond. |
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Speed of sunrise |
2007-09-04 |
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Robert pose la question : Facing west in a car, you are watching the sun rise (through the rear view mirror). It peaks the horizon, you take off driving. How fast would you have to drive, to see it rise again? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2007-08-05 |
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Virginia pose la question : the engine of a sports car rotates at 5,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). calculate the angular speed of the engine in radians per second. use 2n radians = 1 revolution Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A quarter of a mile in eight seconds |
2007-06-29 |
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Kevin pose la question : What speed is a vehicle traveling if he drove a quarter of a mile in eight seconds? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Average speeds |
2007-06-22 |
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Dee pose la question : A guy goes 3.1m a second for 29 seconds in a golf cart. He then walks 1.5 meters a second. How long does he have to walk to get the average speed of 2.1m a second? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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How fast was he going? |
2007-06-03 |
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Mary pose la question : if a motorcycle left a 63 foot skid mark before hitting a car how fast was he going ? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Converting speeds |
2007-05-10 |
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jason pose la question : A boy runs 36 metres in 6.50 seconds.How fast is he going in miles per hour Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A tugboat's speed |
2007-04-30 |
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Amanda pose la question : a tugboat must travel 24 miles against a 4 mile per hour current on the Potomac River and return. At what
constant speed must the tugboat travel to make the trip in 12 hours. Round answer to the nearest tenth mph. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the boat? |
2007-04-22 |
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Sonja pose la question : A boat on a river travels downstream between two points, 20 miles apart, in one hour. The return trip against the current takes 2 1/2 hours. What is the speed of the boat? The answer in the book says 14 mi/hr, but I don't understand how to figure it out. It must be very simple, but I'm stuck. Thank you so much for helping me out. This is a FANTASTIC website! -Sonja Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The second derivative |
2007-04-14 |
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Gerry pose la question : In mathematical context,what do you understand by the term "Second Derivative" Penny Nom lui répond. |
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When will the rocket hit the ground? |
2007-04-05 |
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Megan pose la question : A model rocket is launched at an upward velocity of 460feet per second off a platform that is 40 feet up from the ground. Use the formula h(t)= -16+vo+ho where vo is the initial velocity an ho is the initial height.
A.) Find the maximum hight of the rocket.
B.) How long does it take to reach the maximum height?
C.) When will the rocket hit the ground? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Velocity |
2007-04-04 |
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Jessica pose la question : The speed of the current in a river is 2mph. Jessica travels 20 miles upstream and then 20 miles downstream in a total time of 5 1/3 hr. Find the speed of the boat.
I know you have to use V= d/t, but what is the equation for time because you have to factor in that upstream the boat is slower and downstream the boat is faster? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A delivery driver travels from Belfast to an address in Dublin |
2007-04-04 |
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Gerry pose la question : A delivery driver travels from Belfast to an address in Dublin.The total distance fro the round trip
was x%.The time required for the forward trip was xx hours.Due to heavy traffic during the return trip an extra xx was required
How much slower was the delivery drivers speed on the return trip?.
I was wondering what equation would you use to solve this question. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Boat trigonometry |
2007-04-04 |
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Kimi pose la question : Hi,
I have been working on the attached math problem for my college trig class for over a week. Every avenue I've tried seems to lead either to a dead end, an unreasonable answer, or extremely complicated computations. I was able to calculate the speed of the boat to 3.51 mph, but cannot figure out the measure of angle beta. Once I can figure that out, I can do the rest of the problem.
Thanks,
Kimi Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Tina swims 4 miles upstream at 1 mph |
2007-03-31 |
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Michael pose la question : If Tina swims 4 miles upstream at 1 mph and back downstream to the same point to the same point at 4 mph, what is her average speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A beam on a lighthouse |
2007-03-28 |
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Lisa pose la question : A beam on a lighthouse 2000 metres away from the nearest point P on a straight shoreline revolves at the rate of 10 pi radians per minute. How fast is the beam of the light moving along the shoreline when it is 500 metres from P? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Approximate average speeds |
2007-03-19 |
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Anne pose la question : A bicyclist pedaled up a 2 mile long hill averaging 4 miles per hour. Upon reaching the top, the bicyclist headed down a 6 mile descent averaging 26 mph. What was the bicyclist's approximate average speed?
Thanks very much in advance!! Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How long does she have to get out of the way? |
2007-02-23 |
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Sharon pose la question : How do I solve this? The height h (in feet) of an object that is dropped from the height of s feet is given by the formula h = s - 16t^2 , where t is the time the object has been falling. A 6 foot tall woman on a sidewalk looks directly overhead and sees a window washer drop a bottle from the 6 story. How long does she have to get out of the way? Round to the nearest tenth. (A story is 12 feet.) Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Increasing speed and decreasing time |
2007-02-18 |
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Nigel pose la question : I am completely lost...can you help with this: The time, t, to travel a distance, d, at a constant speed, v, can be obtained from the formula: d = vt. If the speed is increased by x, find an expression to represent the decrease in time to travel the same distance. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A gymnast is swinging on a high bar. |
2007-02-14 |
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William pose la question : A gymnast is swinging on a high bar. The distance between his waist (center of mass) and the bar is 1.1 m. If his speed at the top of his swing is zero and his gain in speed is due entirely to his change in gravitational potential energy, find his speed at the bottom of his swing. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A person jumps from the roof of a house |
2007-02-13 |
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Jessie pose la question : A person jumps from the roof of a house 3.9m high. When he strikes the ground below, he bends his knees so that the torso decelerates over an approximate distance of 0.70m. If the mass of his torso (excluding legs) is 42kg, find a) his velocity just before his feet strike the ground , and b) the average force exerted on his torso by his legs during deceleration.
Please provide calculations and answers for comparison. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Driving on a banked roadway |
2007-02-05 |
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William pose la question : A race track is shaped like an inverted cone. Race cars drive around this track in a horizontal path. If a drivers speed is 34 m/s, at what distance from the tip of the cone should he drive his car if there is no friction?
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE!
Sincerely, William Bush Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Freefalling objects |
2007-01-25 |
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Patricia pose la question : How long will it take a stone dropped from atop a 1000-meter tall building to reach the ground? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A college student jogs from his home to the beach |
2007-01-23 |
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Garmani pose la question : A college student jogs from his home to the beach at 8 miles per hour. He visits with his friends on the beach for 4 hours, and then his friends drive him home at the rate of 40 miles per hour. If the student returns home after 6 hour, what is the distance from his home to the beach? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of each boat per hour? |
2007-01-22 |
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Garmani pose la question : Two tuna boats leave the same port traveling in opposite directions along the west coast of the United States. One boat travels 5 miles per hour faster than the other. At the end of one day's travel they are 1,080 miles apart. What is the speed of each boat per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2007-01-18 |
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Cristina pose la question : A car is moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour, and the diameter of its wheels is 2.5 feet. a) Find the number of revolutions per minute the wheels are rotating. b) Find the angular speed of the wheels in radians per minute. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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At what speeds were they travelling? |
2007-01-16 |
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Maria pose la question : Kim and Julie are joining Nicole at her parents cottage for the weekend. The cottage is 150km away from their neighbourhood. Kim can leave directly after school but Julie will be leaving after band practice, an hour and a quarter later. Kim took her time and drove slowly, averaging 20km/h slower than Julie. They both arrived at the same time. At what speeds were they travelling? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What is his rate of walking for the entire trip? |
2007-01-12 |
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Garmani pose la question : A man walks 500 feet at 4 miles per hour and returns to the starting point at 3 miles per hour. What is his rate of walking for the entire trip? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Throwing a stone downwards |
2007-01-12 |
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Momo pose la question : a stone is thrown vertically downward with an initial speed of 14m/s from a height of 65 m above the ground. A) how far does the stone travel in the first 2.0 s? B) what is the stone velocity just before it hits the ground? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the current? |
2007-01-07 |
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Bob pose la question : A motorboat can maintain a constant speed of 16 miles per hour relative to the water. The boat makes a trip upstream to a certain point in 20 minutes; the return trip takes 15 minutes. What is the speed of the current? Haley Ess lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2007-01-06 |
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Robert pose la question : A rear wheel and tire on a John Deere 8520 farm tractor has a 39-in. radius. Find the angle (in radians) through which a wheel rotates in 12 sec if the tractor is traveling at a speed of 22 mph. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The Metra and the Amtrack |
2006-12-03 |
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Amy pose la question : A Metra commuter train leaves Union Station in Chicago at 12 noon. Two hours later, an Amtrak train leaves on the same track, traveling at an average speed that is 50 miles per hour faster than the Metra train. At 3PM the Amtrak train is 10 miles behind the commuter train. How fast is each going? Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A trip on the Grand River |
2006-11-30 |
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Kristy pose la question : Romo decided to make a 28km trip up and 28km trip down the Grand River. the speed of the current is 3km. one way Romo travelled with the current and the other way against the current. During his trip, Romo stopped for half an hour for lunch. if Romo's total trip lasted 6hours, how fast did he travel? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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How high is the satellite above the earth? |
2006-11-13 |
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Naomi pose la question : If the linear speed of a satellite in synchronous orbit is 1000 mi/h, how high is the satellite above the earth? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2006-10-04 |
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Jack pose la question : A horse on a merry-go-round is 7m from the center and travels at a speed of 10km/h. What is its angular speed? Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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How long will it be before the two snails meet? |
2006-09-21 |
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Brett pose la question : Two snails are 8.5 feet apart. They start to crawl toward each other at the same time. One of them travels at the speed of 6 in. per minute, while the other zips along at 11 inches per minute. How long will it be before the two snails meet? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Speed of a four wheeler |
2006-08-14 |
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Luke pose la question : My question is, i race four wheelers on weekends and was trying to find out how fast we are going i race 500 ft.in about 6.00 seconds .how do you figure out the speed i am traveling? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A point on a bicycle rim |
2006-08-01 |
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Sonu pose la question : Find the speed in m/s of a point on a bicycle rim of diameter 88cm making 200 revolutions per minute. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Flying with and against the wind |
2006-07-06 |
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Tim pose la question : When a plane flies with the wind, it travels 800 miles in 4 hours. Against the wind it takes 5 hours to cover the same distance. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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A boat travels 60 miles upstream ... |
2006-05-28 |
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Teenarick pose la question : A boat travels 60 miles upstream against the current in 3 hours. It takes 2 hours for the return trip. Find the speed of the boat in still water. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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An aircraft going from city A to city B |
2006-05-10 |
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Preston pose la question : An aircraft going from city A to city B on a bearing of S69 degrees East is traveling at a speed of 430 mph. The wind is blowing out of the north to south at a speed of 25 mph. Find the ground speed and the plane's true bearing. Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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How far from Earth is Neptune? |
2006-03-21 |
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Scott pose la question : A laser beam travelling at the speed of light bounces off the planet Neptune and returns to Earth in 29 960.72 s. The speed of light is 299 792.5 km/s. How far from Earth is Neptune? Penny lui répond. |
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Find the ground speed and the planes true heading. |
2006-02-05 |
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Jimmie pose la question : An aircraft going from city A to city B on a bearing of S69E (degrees) is traveling at a speed of 430 mph. The wind is blowing out of the north to south at a speed of 25 mph. Find the ground speed and the planes true heading. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Speed on a bicycle |
2005-07-27 |
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Deborah pose la question : We are trying to figure out how many miles per hour we rode in a bike race. If the distance was l5 miles and the time it took was was 55 minutes, what is the speed? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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An aircraft is flying directly from airport A to airport B |
2004-10-22 |
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A student pose la question : In this question, i is a unit vector due east and j is a unit vector due north. An aircraft is flying directly from airport A to airport B, which is 2000 km from A. The velocity in still air of the aircraft is (150i+50j)km/h and the ground speed is (200i-30j)km/h. Calculate
(i) the time of flight, to the nearest min
(ii) the direction of the wind. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Accelerating to the speed of light |
2004-09-30 |
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Lars pose la question : How long time would it take to accelerate up to the speed of light with an acceleration speed similar to 0-100 seconds in 5 seconds? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The commuter |
2004-07-14 |
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JJ pose la question : A student who commutes 27 mi. to college remembers, after driving a few minutes, he forgot a term paper. Driving faster than usual, he returns home, gets the paper, and once again starts to school. Sketch the graph of the student's distance from home as a function of time.
Does it mean that the student drives at normal speed, drives faster to pick up the paper, and resumes normal speed to head back, or that the student drives at normal speed, then drives faster the rest of the way to college? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Angular speed |
2004-02-01 |
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Rachel pose la question : A 4 inch pulley on a motor makes 1500 revolutions/minute. It is connected to an 8 inch saw blade.
a. Find the angular speed of the pulley in radians/minute
b. Find the angular speed of the saw in radians/ minute
Harley Weston lui répond. |
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The London marathon |
2004-01-27 |
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Nina pose la question : After a years training, Minnie Midriffe increased her average speed in the london marathon by 25%. By what percentage did her time decrease?o Penny Nom lui répond. |
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What is the speed of the automobile? |
2004-01-20 |
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Rita pose la question : An automobile travels toward Nashville from Cookeville. It takes 33 minutes to travel from Cookeville to Manchester, which is a 36 mile distance. If the driver continues at this pace, what is the speed of the automobile? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A rock on a string |
2003-10-26 |
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A student pose la question : a rock on a 4' string is rotated at 80 rpm. what is the linear speed in feet per second? in miles per hour? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A boat travels 12 km upstream... |
2003-09-03 |
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Sohaib pose la question : A boat travels 12 km upstream and back in 1 hour 45 minutes. If the speed of the current is 3km/hr throughout, find the speed of the boat in still water, giving your answerÝcorrect to 3 decimal places. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A helicopter rises vertically |
2003-09-02 |
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Kate pose la question : A helicopter rises vertically and t seconds after leaving hte ground its velocity is given in feet per second by v(t) = 8t + 40 / (t+2)2 How far above the ground will the helicopter be after 3 seconds? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A radio controled car |
2003-06-08 |
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Robert pose la question : I have a radio controled car (scale size 1/43). This car can travel 490 ft. per minute. I would like to know how fast that is at that scale size in miles per hour (and Kilometers per hour)? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two rate problems |
2002-09-30 |
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Rebecca pose la question :
- There are two small holes in the bottom of a tub filled with water. If opened, one hole will empty the tub in three hours; the other will empty it in six hours. If both holes are opened at the same time, how long will it take to empty the tub?
- An airplane flies 400 miles per hour in calm air. It can cover 900 miles flying with the wind in the same time that it can cover 700 miles against the wind. What is the speed of the wind?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Flying with the wind |
2002-05-19 |
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SaraJean pose la question : It takes 6 hours for a plane to travel 720 km with a tail wind and 8 hours to make the return trip with a head wind. Find the air speed of the plane and the speed of the wind current. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A test drive |
2002-04-23 |
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Jennie pose la question : At 9 A.M. a test car driving at a constant speed passes a marker 50 miles from it's starting point. At noon the car is about 130 miles from the marker. If the test drive ends at 1:30 P.M., how far will the car be from its starting point? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Mr. Byrd's drive to work |
2002-03-22 |
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Mr. Bollen pose la question : Mr. Byrd leaves his house at 7:00am to go to work. If he drives 40 mph he will arrive 3 minutes late and if he drives 60mph he arrives 3 minutes early. At what speed will Mr. Byrd have to drive in order arrive exactly on time. Please describe how you arrived at your answer. Claude Tardif and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How far does the fly fly? |
2001-08-07 |
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Harold pose la question :
6 MPH 4 MPH
Rachel ---------------------- Eli
10 Miles apart
The fly is on Rachels handlebars. The fly is scared so it flys back and forth at 20 MP H. How far has the fly flown when Rachel and Eli meet? f Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The speed of the boat |
2001-07-12 |
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Sharon pose la question : A motor boat is travelling in a southeasterly direction in water that is flowing from the south at 2km per hour. Show that the speed of the boat is (6 times the square root of 2) km per hour, given that it can travel at 10km per hour in still water. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Average speed |
2001-05-01 |
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Tom pose la question : A ship goes in one direction, west to Hawaii, at 20 nautical miles per hour and, because of the wind, makes the return trip at 30 nautical miles per hour. What is the average speed? Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Processing speed |
2001-01-26 |
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Zac pose la question : A COMPUTOR IS ADVERTISED AS HAVING A PROCESSING SPEED OF 11 MILLION INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND. ON THE AVERAGE, HOW LONG DOSE IT TAKE TO PROCESS ONE INSTRUCTION AT SUCH A SPEED? Leeanne Boehm lui répond. |
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Cincinnati to Winston-Salem |
2001-01-23 |
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Belinda pose la question : Joan Bedney travels from Cincinnati to Winston-Salem at an average rate of 40 miles per hour and returns at an average rate of 60 miles per hour. What is her average speed for the trip? Leeanne Boehm and Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Gravity |
2000-09-06 |
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Robert Broomfield pose la question : If they dropped a 1lb object from 40,000 feet in the air, at what speed would it it the ground? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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The speed of light |
2000-06-19 |
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Benny Lau pose la question : I have a personal questions. In physics,if a person is running on a train, his relative speed on the ground will be the addition of the speed of train and the person. If u have a train inside another train and inside another train, so on...... can u reach the speed of light? It would need a very long distance. But if we make all the train travel in circles. Then we don't need that much distance. So can we achieve the speed of Light? Robert Coleman and Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Running Through a Train Tunnel |
2000-04-01 |
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Eugene Chan pose la question : A man is running through a train tunnel. When he is 2/3 of the way through, he hears a train that is approaching the tunnel from behind him at a speed of 60 mph. Whether he runs ahead or back, he will reach an end of the tunnel at the same time the train reaches that end. At what rate, in miles per hour, is he running? (Assume he runs at a constant rate.) I think the answer (12 mph) is wrong. Also, I believe it should read 1/3 of the way through, but don't know how to prove it. Could you come up with some way to prove it, please? I would really appreciate it. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Word problems |
2000-03-31 |
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Amy pose la question : Question: - a north bound train left at noon. four hours later a south bound train left the same station. at 5 o'clook they were 160 miles apart. what was the rate of both if the north bound train was going 20 miles faster than the other one.
- clark's final exam was given 5 times the weight of the weight of a weekly test. the avgerage of 15 weekly test was 91. the overall weighted average was 85. what did he make on the final.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Travelling from A to B |
2000-03-20 |
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Matt pose la question : A car is traveling from point A to point B. Point A and point B are 30 miles apart. A car travels 30 miles an hour from point A to point B and then goes back to point A. How fast does the car have to go back to average 60 miles an hour? Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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A bike race |
1999-04-23 |
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Bill Gepford pose la question : Bill was in a bike race and his friend kyle calculated that if he went 15mph that he would cross the noontime checkpoint one hour early but if he rode 10mph he would arrive one hour late. How far away is the checkpoint? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Rowing on the Charles River. |
1997-09-17 |
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Fawwaz Muraisi pose la question : On the Charles River in Boston, the Harvard bridge and the Longfellow bridge are 1 mile apart. The MIT crew starts rowing upstream at the Longfellow bridge. As the crew passes under the Harvard bridge, the coxswain's hat falls into the river. Ten minutes later, the coxswain notices and turns the boat around instantaneously. He has t he crew row back to get it, rowing at the same constant rate. By the time the team reaches the hat, they are back at the Longfellow bridge.How fast is the river flowing? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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