Two crooks rob a bank and flee to the east at 51 mph. In 30 minutes, the police follow them in a helicopter, flying at 102 mph. How long will it take for the police to overtake the robbers?

If Bill was traveling v mi/h, how would you represent Daemon's speed in mi/h if he was traveling 50 mi/h faster?

Angelina was driving home from college at 75 mph. UT is about 375 miles from Lubbock where she lived. Assuming her average speed remains 75 mph, how many hours will it take Angelina to get home?

A kayaker paddled 5 km upstream against the current then turned around and travelled 8 km downstream with the current. If the speed of the current was 1 km/hr and the upstream trip took 60 minutes longer, what was the speed of the kayaker without the speed of the current?

when it was snowing, kevin drove for 50 miles. when the snow stopped, he was able to drive 15 mph faster than he did while it was snowing. he drove for 30 miles after the snow stopped. if kevin drove for 1.5 hours, what was his speed while driving while it snowed?

A thief grabbed a cell phone and ran at a speed of 6 mps. When he was 20 meters down the road a police officer took after him and ran at a speed of 8 mps. How long will it take for the officer To Catch a Thief?

In a 16 km cross-country ski race Brett skied the first 7 km at a constant speed and then increased his speed by 3 km/h for the last 9 km. If he finished the entire race in 1 hour and 20 minutes, what was his speed for the first 7 km?

A trucker drove 175 miles to make a delivery and returned home on the same route. Because of foggy conditions, his average speed on the return trip was 10 mph less than his average speed going. If the return trip took 2 hours longer, how fast did he drive in each direction? going ? mph returning ? mph

Silvia rode her bicycle 40 km in the same time Tracy rode 28 km. Tracy's rate was 3 km/h slower than Silvia's. How fast did each woman ride?