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1) Joe flies from Seattle to New York and back regularly on business. Joe left on Wednesday at 5 am, local time, to go to New York. He arrives at 2:15, local time, in New York on Wednesday, works for 5 hours, leaves at 8 pm, local time, to fly back to Seattle and arrives at 11 pm, local time, Wednesday evening. All time between departure and arrival is considered flying time. The time difference between Seattle and New York is 3 hours. How long was he flying? Give your answer in hours and minutes.
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1. Convert all times to New York time.
2. Convert all times to minutes from zero hour Wednesday, New York time.
3. Subtract the departure times from the arrival times
for the two trips and sum = _____ minutes flying time
4. Convert to hours and minutes = ____ hours ____ minutes.
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2) Alex and Zach meet on a track to do a long distance run. They start running from the same point but Alex begins to steadily pull ahead. The first time that Alex passes Zack is
at the starting point when Alex has just complete five laps. If Alex runs one lap in 2 minutes, how long does it take Zach to run a lap? Express your answer in minutes and
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1. If Alex has completed 5 laps then Zack has completed ____ laps.
2. The fraction of Alex's distance this represents is _____
3. Divide Alex's lap time by this ratio =
________________
4. Express as minutes and seconds = ______
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3) At a slug race, the fastest slug traveled 10 inches per hour, but it had to rest for 30
minutes every 3 feet. At this record setting pace, how long will it take the slug to travel 8
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1. If the slug rests 30 minutes every 3 feet
then it rests ___ times in a 8-foot race.
2. Convert the slug's 'speed' to feet/hour = _____ ft/hr.
3. Multiply the slug's speed by the distance and
add the rest times = ________
4. Convert to hours and minutes = ______________
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