Algebra - math word problems - page 22 of 292
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- A thief
A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief be 8 km/hr and that of the policeman 10 km/hr . How far the thief will have run before he is ove - A plane 3
A plane left 30 minutes later than the scheduled time and in order to reach the destination 1500 km away in time, it has to increase the speed by 250 km/hr from the usual speed. Find its usual speed. - A tank 2
A tank can be filled by a pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5 hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4 hours. If the tank is initially empty and all three pipes are open, how many hours will it take to fill up the tank? - A train 2
A train 90 meters long is moving at speed 80 km/h overtakes a second train moving at 56 km/h in the same direction and passes completely in 25 1/2 seconds. Compute how long is the second train.
- Lightning strike
In a thunderstorm, the formula M=t/5.3 gives the approximate distance, M, in miles, from a lightning strike if it takes t second to hear the thunder after seeing the lightning. If you are 5.4 miles away from the lightning flash, how long will it take the - A train 3
A train takes 3 hours to go from one station to another station. If its speed is decreased by 12 km/h then the journey time will increase by 45 min. What is the distance between the two stations? - Two persons
Two persons are walking beside a railway track at respective speeds of 2 and 4 km per hour in the same direction. A train came from behind them and crossed them in 90 and 100 seconds, respectively. Find the length of the train. - Temperature - linear function
In the morning, at 08:00 hours, the temperature was -8°C, and in the afternoon, at 16:00 hours, the temperature was 24°C. Assuming that the temperature changes steadily, what was the temperature at 1300 hours, and what was the time when the temperature wa - A passenger A passenger train, 150 m long, passes a railway platform, 200 m long, in 35 seconds. Find: 1) speed of the train in km/h 2) the time taken by the train to pass a man cycling in the direction of the train at the rate of 9 km/h.
- The average 17
The average monthly salary of 20 workers in an office is $4590 . If the manage's salary is added, the average salary becomes $ 4920 per month What's the manager's monthly salary? - The boat
A boatman goes 2 km against the stream in 40 minutes and returns to the same spot in 30 minutes. What is his rate of rowing in still water? - A boat 4
A boat travels 25 km upstream in 5 hours and 25 km downstream in 2.5 hours. If the boat increased its speed by 3 km/h, it would take 1 hour less to travel the downstream distance. Find the speed of the stream. - The bowling
The bowling scores in the local bowling tournament are 175, 200, 150, and 165. If he intends to average 170 in the 5 game series, what must his score be on his last game? - Goods train
A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train?
- Two trains 15 A train travelling 50 kmph leaves Delhi at 8 AM and another train travelling 70 kmph leaves Delhi at 11 AM in the same direction. How many km from Delhi will they be together?
- Adam reaches
If Adam walks at 3 km/h, he will reach school 15 minutes late. If he walks at 4 km/h (kmph), he will reach school 15 minutes earlier than usual. What is the distance between school and house? - Work men and women
Two men and 1 woman can do a piece of work in 14 days, while 4 women and 2 men can do the same work in 8 days. If a man get 90 euros/day, what should be the wages/day of a woman? - Two trains 9 A passenger train moving at a speed of 90 km/h leaves a station 6 hours after a goods (freight) train has left the station and overtakes it in 4 hours. What is the speed of the goods train?
- The factory 3
The factory is 18 km away from the city. A cyclist leaves the factory for the city, and half an hour after him from the same place, a motorcyclist arrives 6 minutes before the cyclist in the city. Find the speed of each, knowing that the speed of the cycl
The mean cost of 4 items was $39.96. The first item cost $28.50, the second item cost $41.25, and the third item cost $50. Find the cost of the fourth item.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
