Mixture Problems Day 4 (Opposite Direction) Notes

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Motion Problems Day 5 (Same Direction) Homework

1. At the same time Henry leaves Los Angeles for San Francisco, Christy leaves San Francisco for Los Angeles. The distance between the two cities is 380 miles. Christy’s average speed is 9 miles per hour faster than Henry’s. How fast is Henry driving if they pass each other in 4 hours.

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2. A train leaves a city heading west and travels at 50 miles per hour. Three hours later, a second train leaves from the same place and travels in the same direction at 65 miles per hour. How long will it take for the second train to overtake the first train?

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3. How much pure copper must be added to 50.255 kg of an alloy containing 12% copper to raise the copper content to 15%?

Unit Percent Total Name______4. The Lincoln High School Drama Club sold 204 tickets to their play. Student tickets cost $4.50 and adult tickets cost $6.00. If they sold $1038 in tickets, how many student tickets and how many adult tickets did they sell?

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5. A ship travels from New York to Southampton, England at 33 miles per hour. A plane traveling 605 miles per hour takes 104 hours less time to make the same trip. How far apart are the two cities?

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6. Two trains leave Raleigh at the same time, one traveling north, the other south. The first train travels at 50 miles per hour and the second at 60 miles per hour. In how many hours will the trains be 275 miles apart?

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