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Rewrite the following without an exponent. (5/8)-1

Students are given 3 minutes for each multiple-choice question and 5 minutes for each free-response question on a test. there are 15 questions on the test, and students are given 51 minutes to take it.how many multiple-choice questions are on the test?

Expresa commuter train leaves downtown sation and travels at a average speed of 55 miles per hour towards the north side sation, which is 50miles away. thirty minutes later, express commuter train #7 leaves north side and travels at a average speed of 35miles per hour towards downtown sation. at the moment the two trains pass each other, how far(in miles) is train #12 from the downtown sation and how long(in minutes) has the #12 train been traveling