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

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Travel Word Problems (FREE)

Question 851982: a flight leaves new york at 8pm and arrives in paris at 9am. (paris time) this 13 hour difference includes the flight time plus the change in time zones . the return flight leaves paris at 1pm and arrives in new york at 4pm. (new york time) this 3 hour difference includes the flight time minus the time zones and no wind. find the actual flight time eastward and the difference in time zones
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 852107: If down stream is 4kmph and the speed of a boat in upstream is 7kmph,then speed in down stream will be -?
Click here to see answer by checkley79(3341)

Question 852079: Alicia went on a steamboat ride up the Mississippi River. The boat travels 21 miles per hour in still water. How long will it take her to travel 165 miles upstream if the current of the river is 6 miles per hour
Click here to see answer by checkley79(3341)

Question 852041:

A car travels a distance of 300km in 2 hours, what is it's speed and how would you find it?
Thanks
Click here to see answer by checkley79(3341)

Question 852173: It takes 5 seconds for sound to travel 1 mile through air. It takes only 1 second for sound to travel 1 mile through water. How many minutes faster will a sound 90 miles away travel through water than air?

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 846264: tom drove from palm desert to phoenix for 6 hours . if he increases his speed by 20 miles per hour,he can cover the same distances= in 4.5 hrs. what was his speed?
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 851831: Sophie's road trip from Pennsylvania to Maryland took a total of 6 hours. She spent 1/3 of the time at a mall along the way. How much time,in hours, did sophie spent at the outlet mall
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 852289: If a fire engine is traveling at 40 miles per hour to a fire that is 6 miles away, how long will it take for the fire engine to reach the fire?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852301: a car is traveling 55 miles per hour how far does it travel in 30 mins
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852379: If I drove 1100miles and spend 114.00 dollars on gas how many miles to the gallon did I get
Click here to see answer by rvfer(117)

Question 852354: A car travels 306 miles in 4 hours and 30 minutes. How many miles does it travel per hour?
Click here to see answer by rvfer(117)

Question 852399: How fast is a car going if it can make a half a mile in 3 seconds
Click here to see answer by JulietG(1812)

Question 852448: The train has travelled at an average of 78 km/h. How far did it travel in 5 hours?

Click here to see answer by JulietG(1812)

Question 852447: if a bicyclist travels at an average speed of 16 miles per hour, how far will she travel in 1 hour and 50 minutes?
Click here to see answer by JulietG(1812)

Question 852388: train leaves Rebecca's house and travels at 50 miles per hour. Two hours later, another train leaves from Rebecca's house on the track beside or parallel to the first train but it travels at 100 miles per hour. How far away from Rebecca's house will the faster train pass the other train?
Click here to see answer by JulietG(1812)

Question 852465: if you walked 2 miles and per hour how far did you walk in 10 hours use a eqhation to solve the function
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852511: A car travels 160 mi in 2 hours. How fast was it traveling?
Click here to see answer by ewatrrr(24785)

Question 852574: I get 6 gallons a mile going 60 miles per minute how long will it take to burn a gallon of gas
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39613)

Question 852598: if a jet flew 532 miles 1hour and 15 minutes what is the average speed
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852596: Two trains 200 miles apart are heading towards each other on the same track. The first train is goes 50 miles per hour and the second train goes 65 miles per hour. A hummingbird flies starting at the first train flies 230 miles per hour towards the second train. When it gets to the second train it turns around and flies back to the first. If the hummingbird keeps going back and forth between trains, how far will it have traveled before the trains crash into each other crushing the hummingbird?
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 851126: A car and a bus are 800 km apart. The speed of the car is 120 kph and the speed of the bus is 80 kph. Where will they meet?
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 852611: A pilot flew his airplane 2400 miles in 8 hours, flying with wind. Flying agianst the wind over the same route, he returned kin 10 hours. What was the speed of the plane and of the wind?
Answer plss ASAP
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 852686: Iam travelling 560 miles an hour in speed how many miles could I cover in 6 hours

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852600: Sean biked the first half of a race in 30 minutes. He the biked the other half in 45 minutes. What was Sean's average speed during the bike race?

Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 852719: I'm trying to find out the length of time it takes a car that is going 80 mph average speed to go 1/4 mile. Length of time = Distance/Velocity

Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)

Question 852807: If a car is traveling from town A to Town B and it takes 60 minutes to travel, What is the average speed ?
A:30mph
B:24mph
C:100mph
D:60mph
Explain how you got this answer.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 852840: hold long would it take to go 35 miles going 70 mph

Click here to see answer by Seutip(231)

Question 852911: A man was cycling south wards at speed of 10miles/hour when he met another man who was cycling west wards at the speed of 11miles/hour .how far apart they would be after one hour
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852940: how long would it take to walk (in hours) from sydney in australia to melbourne in australia?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 852908: A woman rows a boat upstream from one point on a river to another point 9km away in 1
hour. The return trip with the current takes only 50 minutes. How fast would she be
rowing if she were rowing in still water (as if there is no current), and what speed is the
current flowing?

Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 837430: A plane can fly 2250 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 360 miles. If the car travels 315 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 853037: Billy Joe 20 miles in 20 minutes and 35 miles in 40 minutes what was his average speed
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 853045: In a travel survey , one out of three students said they'll say home during a break. One out of four students said they'll travel less than 100 miles, one out of five said they'll travel more than 100, but less than 500 miles away and the rest said they'll travel 500 or more miles. What fraction of the students surveyed said they'll 500 or more miles?
Click here to see answer by ewatrrr(24785)

Question 853119: Ed leaves the L.A. area to visit Albuquerque, 1000 miles away, at 4:20 AM, driving at a steady speed of 70 MPH. He stops to rest every 3 hours of driving. The first rest stop is for 30 minutes and each subsequent stop is for 15 minutes more than the previous one. Find his arrival time in albuquerque to the nearest minute.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 853039: A student drives from her house to the airport at an average speed of 45 mph. She spent 60 minutes at the airport before her plane lifted off. The airplane flew from her airport to Ft. Lauderdale at and average speed of 380 mph. The entire distance traveled was 850 miles; the entire trip took 5 hours. Find the distance from the airport to the student's home to the nearest mile.
I originally set up the problem as 45x=850, giving me a result of x=~19 miles but that just doesn't feel right to me.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 852992: Sam leaves L.A. to visit in Albuquerque 1000 miles away, at 4:20 AM driving at a steady speed of 70 MPH. He rests every 3 hours of driving. The first stop is for 30 minutes and each subsequent rest stop is for 15 minutes more the the previous one. Find his arrival time in Albuquerque to the nearest minute.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 853132: If a bus travels one and one-half feet per second, how far will the bus travel in one minute?

Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 853179: Two cyclists, one averaging 10 miles per hour and the other 12 miles per hour, start from the same town at the same time. If they travel in opposite directions, after how long will they be 66 miles apart?
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 853214: How long does it take to travel 237 miles going 115 mph

Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 839400: Although flight speed is dependent upon the weather and the wind, in general, a Canada Goose can fly about 10 mph faster than a Great Blue Heron. In the same time that a Canada Goose travels 84 miles, a Great Blue Heron travels 56 miles. Find their flying speeds.
Click here to see answer by richwmiller(17219)

Question 853212: A car travels 150 km in 3 hours. What is it's average speed in km/h?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 853230: Problem: A certain drug is prescribed in the form of 5% solution. How much of a 2% solution and a 10% solution of this drug must the pharmacist mix to produce 10 ounces of the prescription?
I know I have to find two equations:
1) being X + Y = 10
I'm having trouble figuring out the second equation.
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39613)

Question 853254: Linda drove 756 miles in 12 hours. At the same rate, how many miles would she drive in 9 hours?
Click here to see answer by JulietG(1812)

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, 4636..4680, 4681..4725, 4726..4770, 4771..4815, 4816..4860, 4861..4905, 4906..4950, 4951..4995, 4996..5040, 5041..5085, 5086..5130, 5131..5175, 5176..5220, 5221..5265, 5266..5310, 5311..5355, 5356..5400, 5401..5445, 5446..5490, 5491..5535, 5536..5580, 5581..5625, 5626..5670, 5671..5715, 5716..5760, 5761..5805, 5806..5850, 5851..5895, 5896..5940, 5941..5985, 5986..6030, 6031..6075, 6076..6120, 6121..6165, 6166..6210, 6211..6255, 6256..6300, 6301..6345, 6346..6390, 6391..6435, 6436..6480, 6481..6525, 6526..6570, 6571..6615, 6616..6660, 6661..6705, 6706..6750, 6751..6795, 6796..6840, 6841..6885, 6886..6930, 6931..6975, 6976..7020, 7021..7065, 7066..7110, 7111..7155, 7156..7200, 7201..7245, 7246..7290, 7291..7335, 7336..7380, 7381..7425, 7426..7470, 7471..7515, 7516..7560, 7561..7605, 7606..7650, 7651..7695, 7696..7740, 7741..7785, 7786..7830, 7831..7875, 7876..7920, 7921..7965, 7966..8010, 8011..8055, 8056..8100, 8101..8145, 8146..8190, 8191..8235, 8236..8280, 8281..8325, 8326..8370, 8371..8415, 8416..8460, 8461..8505, 8506..8550, 8551..8595, 8596..8640, 8641..8685, 8686..8730, 8731..8775, 8776..8820, 8821..8865, 8866..8910, 8911..8955, 8956..9000, 9001..9045, 9046..9090, 9091..9135, 9136..9180, 9181..9225, 9226..9270, 9271..9315, 9316..9360, 9361..9405, 9406..9450, 9451..9495, 9496..9540, 9541..9585, 9586..9630, 9631..9675, 9676..9720, 9721..9765, 9766..9810, 9811..9855, 9856..9900, 9901..9945, 9946..9990, 9991..10035, 10036..10080, 10081..10125, 10126..10170, 10171..10215, 10216..10260, 10261..10305, 10306..10350, 10351..10395, 10396..10440, 10441..10485, 10486..10530, 10531..10575, 10576..10620, 10621..10665, 10666..10710, 10711..10755, 10756..10800, 10801..10845, 10846..10890, 10891..10935, 10936..10980, 10981..11025, 11026..11070, 11071..11115, 11116..11160, 11161..11205, 11206..11250, 11251..11295, 11296..11340, 11341..11385, 11386..11430, 11431..11475, 11476..11520, 11521..11565, 11566..11610, 11611..11655, 11656..11700, 11701..11745, 11746..11790, 11791..11835, 11836..11880, 11881..11925, 11926..11970, 11971..12015, 12016..12060, 12061..12105, 12106..12150, 12151..12195, 12196..12240, 12241..12285, 12286..12330, 12331..12375, 12376..12420, 12421..12465, 12466..12510, 12511..12555, 12556..12600, 12601..12645, 12646..12690, 12691..12735, 12736..12780, 12781..12825, 12826..12870, 12871..12915, 12916..12960, 12961..13005, 13006..13050, 13051..13095, 13096..13140, 13141..13185, 13186..13230, 13231..13275, 13276..13320, 13321..13365, 13366..13410, 13411..13455, 13456..13500, 13501..13545, 13546..13590, 13591..13635, 13636..13680, 13681..13725, 13726..13770, 13771..13815, 13816..13860, 13861..13905, 13906..13950, 13951..13995, 13996..14040, 14041..14085, 14086..14130, 14131..14175, 14176..14220, 14221..14265, 14266..14310, 14311..14355, 14356..14400, 14401..14445, 14446..14490, 14491..14535, 14536..14580, 14581..14625, 14626..14670, 14671..14715, 14716..14760, 14761..14805, 14806..14850, 14851..14895, 14896..14940, 14941..14985, 14986..15030, 15031..15075, 15076..15120, 15121..15165, 15166..15210, 15211..15255, 15256..15300, 15301..15345, 15346..15390, 15391..15435, 15436..15480, 15481..15525, 15526..15570, 15571..15615, 15616..15660, 15661..15705, 15706..15750, 15751..15795, 15796..15840, 15841..15885, 15886..15930, 15931..15975, 15976..16020, 16021..16065, 16066..16110, 16111..16155, 16156..16200, 16201..16245, 16246..16290, 16291..16335, 16336..16380, 16381..16425, 16426..16470, 16471..16515, 16516..16560, 16561..16605, 16606..16650, 16651..16695, 16696..16740, 16741..16785, 16786..16830, 16831..16875, 16876..16920, 16921..16965, 16966..17010, 17011..17055, 17056..17100, 17101..17145, 17146..17190, 17191..17235, 17236..17280, 17281..17325, 17326..17370, 17371..17415, 17416..17460, 17461..17505, 17506..17550, 17551..17595, 17596..17640, 17641..17685, 17686..17730, 17731..17775, 17776..17820, 17821..17865, 17866..17910, 17911..17955, 17956..18000, 18001..18045, 18046..18090, 18091..18135, 18136..18180, 18181..18225, 18226..18270, 18271..18315, 18316..18360, 18361..18405, 18406..18450, 18451..18495, 18496..18540, 18541..18585, 18586..18630, 18631..18675, 18676..18720, 18721..18765, 18766..18810, 18811..18855, 18856..18900, 18901..18945, 18946..18990, 18991..19035, 19036..19080, 19081..19125, 19126..19170, 19171..19215, 19216..19260, 19261..19305, 19306..19350, 19351..19395, 19396..19440, 19441..19485, 19486..19530, 19531..19575, 19576..19620, 19621..19665, 19666..19710, 19711..19755, 19756..19800, 19801..19845, 19846..19890, 19891..19935, 19936..19980, 19981..20025, 20026..20070, 20071..20115, 20116..20160, 20161..20205, 20206..20250, 20251..20295, 20296..20340, 20341..20385, 20386..20430, 20431..20475, 20476..20520, 20521..20565, 20566..20610, 20611..20655, 20656..20700, 20701..20745, 20746..20790, 20791..20835, 20836..20880, 20881..20925, 20926..20970, 20971..21015, 21016..21060, 21061..21105, 21106..21150, 21151..21195, 21196..21240, 21241..21285, 21286..21330, 21331..21375, 21376..21420, 21421..21465, 21466..21510, 21511..21555, 21556..21600, 21601..21645, 21646..21690, 21691..21735, 21736..21780, 21781..21825, 21826..21870, 21871..21915, 21916..21960, 21961..22005, 22006..22050, 22051..22095, 22096..22140, 22141..22185, 22186..22230, 22231..22275, 22276..22320, 22321..22365, 22366..22410, 22411..22455, 22456..22500, 22501..22545, 22546..22590, 22591..22635, 22636..22680, 22681..22725, 22726..22770, 22771..22815, 22816..22860, 22861..22905, 22906..22950, 22951..22995, 22996..23040, 23041..23085, 23086..23130, 23131..23175, 23176..23220, 23221..23265, 23266..23310, 23311..23355, 23356..23400, 23401..23445, 23446..23490, 23491..23535, 23536..23580, 23581..23625, 23626..23670, 23671..23715, 23716..23760, 23761..23805, 23806..23850, 23851..23895, 23896..23940, 23941..23985, 23986..24030, 24031..24075, 24076..24120, 24121..24165, 24166..24210, 24211..24255, 24256..24300, 24301..24345, 24346..24390, 24391..24435, 24436..24480, 24481..24525, 24526..24570, 24571..24615, 24616..24660, 24661..24705, 24706..24750, 24751..24795, 24796..24840, 24841..24885, 24886..24930, 24931..24975, 24976..25020, 25021..25065, 25066..25110, 25111..25155, 25156..25200, 25201..25245, 25246..25290, 25291..25335, 25336..25380, 25381..25425, 25426..25470, 25471..25515, 25516..25560, 25561..25605, 25606..25650, 25651..25695, 25696..25740, 25741..25785, 25786..25830, 25831..25875, 25876..25920, 25921..25965, 25966..26010, 26011..26055, 26056..26100, 26101..26145, 26146..26190, 26191..26235, 26236..26280, 26281..26325, 26326..26370, 26371..26415, 26416..26460, 26461..26505, 26506..26550, 26551..26595, 26596..26640, 26641..26685, 26686..26730, 26731..26775, 26776..26820, 26821..26865, 26866..26910, 26911..26955, 26956..27000, 27001..27045, 27046..27090, 27091..27135, 27136..27180, 27181..27225, 27226..27270, 27271..27315, 27316..27360, 27361..27405, 27406..27450, 27451..27495, 27496..27540, 27541..27585, 27586..27630, 27631..27675, 27676..27720, 27721..27765, 27766..27810, 27811..27855, 27856..27900, 27901..27945, 27946..27990, 27991..28035, 28036..28080, 28081..28125, 28126..28170, 28171..28215, 28216..28260, 28261..28305, 28306..28350, 28351..28395, 28396..28440, 28441..28485, 28486..28530, 28531..28575, 28576..28620, 28621..28665, 28666..28710, 28711..28755, 28756..28800, 28801..28845, 28846..28890, 28891..28935, 28936..28980, 28981..29025, 29026..29070, 29071..29115, 29116..29160, 29161..29205, 29206..29250, 29251..29295, 29296..29340, 29341..29385, 29386..29430, 29431..29475, 29476..29520, 29521..29565, 29566..29610, 29611..29655, 29656..29700, 29701..29745, 29746..29790, 29791..29835, 29836..29880, 29881..29925, 29926..29970, 29971..30015, 30016..30060, 30061..30105, 30106..30150, 30151..30195, 30196..30240, 30241..30285, 30286..30330, 30331..30375, 30376..30420, 30421..30465, 30466..30510, 30511..30555, 30556..30600, 30601..30645, 30646..30690, 30691..30735, 30736..30780, 30781..30825, 30826..30870, 30871..30915, 30916..30960, 30961..31005, 31006..31050, 31051..31095, 31096..31140, 31141..31185, 31186..31230, 31231..31275, 31276..31320, 31321..31365, 31366..31410, 31411..31455, 31456..31500, 31501..31545, 31546..31590, 31591..31635, 31636..31680, 31681..31725, 31726..31770, 31771..31815, 31816..31860, 31861..31905, 31906..31950, 31951..31995, 31996..32040, 32041..32085, 32086..32130, 32131..32175, 32176..32220, 32221..32265, 32266..32310, 32311..32355, 32356..32400, 32401..32445, 32446..32490, 32491..32535, 32536..32580, 32581..32625, 32626..32670, 32671..32715, 32716..32760, 32761..32805, 32806..32850, 32851..32895, 32896..32940, 32941..32985, 32986..33030, 33031..33075, 33076..33120, 33121..33165, 33166..33210, 33211..33255, 33256..33300, 33301..33345, 33346..33390, 33391..33435, 33436..33480, 33481..33525, 33526..33570, 33571..33615, 33616..33660, 33661..33705, 33706..33750, 33751..33795, 33796..33840, 33841..33885, 33886..33930, 33931..33975, 33976..34020, 34021..34065, 34066..34110, 34111..34155, 34156..34200, 34201..34245, 34246..34290, 34291..34335, 34336..34380, 34381..34425, 34426..34470, 34471..34515, 34516..34560, 34561..34605, 34606..34650, 34651..34695, 34696..34740, 34741..34785, 34786..34830, 34831..34875, 34876..34920, 34921..34965, 34966..35010, 35011..35055, 35056..35100, 35101..35145, 35146..35190, 35191..35235, 35236..35280, 35281..35325, 35326..35370, 35371..35415, 35416..35460, 35461..35505, 35506..35550, 35551..35595, 35596..35640, 35641..35685, 35686..35730, 35731..35775, 35776..35820, 35821..35865, 35866..35910, 35911..35955, 35956..36000, 36001..36045, 36046..36090, 36091..36135, 36136..36180, 36181..36225, 36226..36270, 36271..36315, 36316..36360, 36361..36405, 36406..36450, 36451..36495, 36496..36540, 36541..36585, 36586..36630, 36631..36675, 36676..36720, 36721..36765, 36766..36810, 36811..36855, 36856..36900, 36901..36945, 36946..36990, 36991..37035, 37036..37080, 37081..37125, 37126..37170, 37171..37215, 37216..37260, 37261..37305, 37306..37350, 37351..37395, 37396..37440, 37441..37485, 37486..37530, 37531..37575, 37576..37620