Questions on Word Problems: Travel and Distance answered by real tutors!

Algebra -> Algebra -> Customizable Word Problem Solvers -> Travel -> Questions on Word Problems: Travel and Distance answered by real tutors! Log On

Ad: Over 600 Algebra Word Problems at edhelper.com
Ad: Algebrator™ solves your algebra problems and provides step-by-step explanations!
Ad: Algebra Solved!™: algebra software solves algebra homework problems with step-by-step help!

Word Problems: Travel and Distance

Solvers

Lessons

Problems, free tutors

Quiz

In Depth

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Travel Word Problems (FREE)

Question 75518: An airplane flies from New Orleans to Atlanta at an average rate of 320 mph. The airplane then returns at an average rate of 280 mph. The total travel time is 3 hours. How long did it take the plane to make the return trip.
Click here to see answer by scott8148(3382)

Question 75591: 2 planes leave Newyork AT 10am, one heading for Europe at 600mph and one heading in the opposite direction at 150mph. At what time will they be 900 miles apart?
Click here to see answer by psbhowmick(456)

Question 75592: A plane takes 5 hours to fly from LosAngeles to Honolulu and 4.09 hours to return from Honolulu to LA. I f the wind velocity is 50mph from the west on both trips, what is the airspeed of the plane? ( Airspeed is speed of plane in still air)
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(3003)

Question 75838This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

: Science and medicine. The equation gives the hight of an arrow, shot upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 112 ft/s, where t is the time after the arrow leaves the ground. Find the time it takes for the arrow to reach a height of 180 ft.
This problem has me confussed and frustrated and need some help figuring this out. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please help. Thanks so much. This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 75974: On a trip, Debbie spent as much time on the train as she did on the bus. the train averaged 50 miles per hour and the bus averaged 35 miles per hour. If she went 105 miles more on the train, how far did she go altogether?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 76293: Felicia left Rome at 8 AM & drove her Ferrari at 80mp0h from Rome to Sorrento. She then took the boat to Capri for the day, returning to Sorento 5hrs later. On the return trip from Sorrento to Rome she averaged 60mph & arrived in Rome ar 8PM. Howfar is it from Rome to Sorrento?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 76448This question is from textbook Algebra 1

: A motorcycle breaks down and the rider has to walk the rest of the way to work. The motorcycle was traveling at 45mph, and the rider walks at the speed of 6mph. The distance between home and work is 25mi and the total time for the trip was 2 hours. How far did the motorcycle go before it broke down?This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 76449This question is from textbook Algebra 1

: A student walks and jogs to college each day. The student averages 5kmp walking and 9kph jogging. The distance from home to college is 8k, and the student makes the trip in 1 hour. How far does the student jog?This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 76450This question is from textbook Algebra 1

: An airplane flew for 4.23 hours with a 25.5kph tailwind. The return flight against the same wind took 4.97 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air.This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 76680: A consultant traveled 5 hours to attend a meeting. The return trip took only 4 hours because the speed was 5 miles per hour faster. What was the consultant's speed each way?
Click here to see answer by funmath(2873)

Question 76682: Mary rides her bicycle to her friend Amy's house and returns home by the same route. Mary rides her bike at constant speeds of 6mph on level ground, 4mph when going uphill and 12mph when going downhill. If her total riding time was 2 hours, how far is it to Amy's house?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 76859: If a boat goes downstream 72 miles in 3 hours and upstream 60 miles in 6 hours, the rate of the river and the rate of the boat in still water respectively are ________?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 76773: help me solve this please?
Science and medicine. A plane flies 720 mi against a steady 30-mi/h headwind
and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10 h, what is the plane’s speed in still air?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 76895: Help please. I think I know the equation, but not sure. I think the equation is Speed = distance/time
Brenda and her husband Randy bicycled cross-country together. One morning Brenda rode 30 miles. By traveling only 5 miles per hour faster and putting in one more hour, Randy coverd twice the distance Brenda covered. What was the speed of each cyclist?
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(2920)

Question 76842: Going to parent's house in 4.5 hours. Travel by car (60 mph) to dock where I'll enter a boat (20 mph on still water with 4 mph current...against me on the way to parent's house...with me on the way back). Takes 3.5 hours to get back home. What's the distance?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 77162: Aa car uses 8 gallons of gasoline on a trip of 256 miles. At that rate, how much gasoline will a trip of 416 miles require?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 77255: If Dr. Suzuki rides his bike to his office, he averages12 miles per hour. If he drives his car, heaverages 36 miles per hour. His time driving is 1/4 hour less than his time bicycling. How far is his office?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 77155: A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560 miles on the first portion of a flight than it took to fly 480 miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion, what was the flying time for the second part of the trip?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 77326: Problem #36(this problem is driving me crazy among two other ones more)
A ball is thrown upward from the roof of a building 100m tall with an initial velocity of 20m/s. Use this information for exercises 35 to 38.Please show all your steps and the answer in radical form.
The equation for the hieght of the ball is: h = -5t^2+20t+100
When will the ball reach a height of 80m?
Click here to see answer by stanbon(26251)

Question 77327: Problem 22
The equation h = -16t^2+112t gives the height of an arrow, shot upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 112ft/s, where "t" is the time after the arrow leaves the ground. Find the time it takes for the arrow to reach a height of 180ft.
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 77359This question is from textbook beginning algebra
: a boat travels 54miles upstream against the current in the same amount of time it takes to trvel 66 miles downstream whit the current. If the boat speed is 20 mph in still water, what is the speed of the current?This question is from textbook beginning algebra

Click here to see answer by josmiceli(3003)

Question 77446: Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking?
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(2920)

Question 77519This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

: With a strong head wind behind it, a jet flies 2400 miles from LA to Orlando in 4 hours and 45 min. The return trip takes 6 hours as the plane flies into the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the wind speed to the nearest tenth of a mile per hour.This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Click here to see answer by stanbon(26251)

Question 77685: Two cars take off from a starting line heading in the same direction. One car is traveling at 40 mph and the other at 55 mph. How much time must pass before the cars are 5 miles apart.
Click here to see answer by funmath(2873)

Question 77713: I was given this question by an instructor at MMI and it has been too long since I have done this kind of math. I would appreciate your help. A student travels two miles to school. the first mile the student averages 15 mph. upon arrival at school the students average is up to 30 mph. how fast would the student have to go in the second mile to achieve this. is this a mathmatically feasible question.
Click here to see answer by scott8148(3382)

Question 77849: Science and medicine.
Ariana took 2 h longer to drive 360 mi on the first day of
a trip than she took to drive 270 mi on the second day. If her speed was the same on both days, what was the driving time each day?
thanks
Click here to see answer by ptaylor(1578)

Question 77959This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

: The speed of a boat in still water is 24mph. If the boat travels 54 miles upstream in the same time that it takes to travel 90 miles downstream, find the speed of the current.This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 77879: If a runner runs a 42.2 km course in 2.114 hours, what is his average speed?
Help!
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 78046: a certain space probe traveled at a speed of 1280 km/h, and then, by firing retro-rockets, slowed to 950 km/h. The total distance traveled was 75,300 km in a time of 63.5 hours. Find the distance from the starting point at which the retro-rockets were fired.
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 78082: Martina leaves home at 9 a.m., bicycling at a rate of 24 mi/h. Two hours later, John leaves, driving at the rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will John catch up with Martina?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 78083: there are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz Logging Co. The company paid an average of $300 for each Douglas fir and $224 for each ponderosa pine. If the company paid $217,500 for the trees, how many of each kind did the company buy?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 77880: A bicyclist starts at rest. She starts to pedal, and after 8 seconds she is traveling forward at 4 miles/second. What is her acceleration, including direction?
Click here to see answer by scott8148(3382)

Question 78224: Russ and Janet are running in the Apple Hill Fun Run. Russ runs at 7 mph, Janet at 5 mph. If they start at the same time, how long will it be before the are 1/2 mile apart?
The answer should be 15 min, but I'm not sure how to solve this...
Thank you for your help.
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(2920)

Question 78226: Russ and Janet are running in the Apple Hill Fun Run. Russ runs at 7 mph, Janet at 5 mph. If they start at the same time, how long will it be before they are 1/2 miles apart?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 78288: On a vacation, Johny averaged 50 mph traveling from Denver to Minneapolis. Returning by a different route that covered the same number of miles, he averaged 50 mph. What is the distance between the two cities if his total traveling time is 32 hours.
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 78482: on haloween the big pumpkin vitis the homes of all children, all grandmas, and all poets in tiwn. how many homes does he vitis , using these statistics. draw a venn diagram.

children-- 800
grandmothers- 250
poets- 60
children and grandmothers...100
children and poets..10
grandmothers and poets...3
grandmothers and poets and children..1

Click here to see answer by stanbon(26251)

Question 78559: A bicyclist rode into the country for 5h. In returning, her speed was 5mi/h faster and the trip took 4h. What was her speed each way?
Click here to see answer by patrickr(1)

Question 78585: A bus leaves a station at 1pm traveling west at an average rate of 44mi/h. one hour later a second bus leaves the same station traveling east at a rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will the two buses be 274 mi apart?

Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 78636: A plane leaves Chicago headed for Los Angeles at 540 mph. One hour later, a second plane leaves Los Angeles headed for Chicago at 660 mph. If the air route from Chicago to Los Angeles is 1800 miles, how long will it take for the first plane to pass the second plane? How far from Chicago will they be at that time?
Click here to see answer by checkley75(3666)

Question 78653This question is from textbook intermediate algebra w/appl
: an insurance representative traveled 735 mi by commercial jet and then an additional 105 mi by helicopter. The rate of the jet was four times the rate of the helicopter. the entire trip took 2.2 hours. Find the rate of the jet.This question is from textbook intermediate algebra w/appl

Click here to see answer by stanbon(26251)

Question 78670: Mary leaves San Francisco and travels toward Los Angeles at 50 mi/h. An hour later, Phil leaves Los Angeles and travels toward San Francisco at 60 mi/h. If the two cities are 380 miles apart, how many hours will it take for Mary to meet Phil?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 78762: Speed of an airplane in still air is 255 km/h. plane travels 675km against wind and 1449 km with the wind in a total of 10 hr. What is the speed of the wind?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Question 78860: d..ch5
#19
A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560miles on the first portion of a flight than it took to fly 480miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion , what was the flying time for the second part of the trip?

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(6688)

Older solutions: 1..45, 46..90, 91..135, 136..180, 181..225, 226..270, 271..315, 316..360, 361..405, 406..450, 451..495, 496..540, 541..585, 586..630, 631..675, 676..720, 721..765, 766..810, 811..855, 856..900, 901..945, 946..990, 991..1035, 1036..1080, 1081..1125, 1126..1170, 1171..1215, 1216..1260, 1261..1305, 1306..1350, 1351..1395, 1396..1440, 1441..1485, 1486..1530, 1531..1575, 1576..1620, 1621..1665, 1666..1710, 1711..1755, 1756..1800, 1801..1845, 1846..1890, 1891..1935, 1936..1980, 1981..2025, 2026..2070, 2071..2115, 2116..2160, 2161..2205, 2206..2250, 2251..2295, 2296..2340, 2341..2385, 2386..2430, 2431..2475, 2476..2520, 2521..2565, 2566..2610, 2611..2655, 2656..2700, 2701..2745, 2746..2790, 2791..2835, 2836..2880, 2881..2925, 2926..2970, 2971..3015, 3016..3060, 3061..3105, 3106..3150, 3151..3195, 3196..3240, 3241..3285, 3286..3330, 3331..3375, 3376..3420, 3421..3465, 3466..3510, 3511..3555, 3556..3600, 3601..3645, 3646..3690, 3691..3735, 3736..3780, 3781..3825, 3826..3870, 3871..3915, 3916..3960, 3961..4005, 4006..4050, 4051..4095, 4096..4140, 4141..4185, 4186..4230, 4231..4275, 4276..4320, 4321..4365, 4366..4410, 4411..4455, 4456..4500, 4501..4545, 4546..4590, 4591..4635