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

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Travel Word Problems (FREE)

Question 201658: Filling a tank. A water tank has an inlet pipe and a drain
pipe. A full tank can be emptied in 30 minutes if the drain
is opened and an empty tank can be filled in 45 minutes
with the inlet pipe opened. If both pipes are accidentally
opened when the tank is full, then how long will it take to
empty the tank?
Click here to see answer by solver91311(24713)

Question 201712: If a tire rotates at 150 revs/min when the truck is traveling 40km /h , what is the circumference of the tire?
Click here to see answer by nerdybill(7384)

Question 201738: It took Brenda 10 hours to drive from A to B when she averaged 50 miles per hour. Pulling a trailer on the return trip from B to A, she averaged 40 miles per hour. How many hours did the return trip take?

Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 201710: If a race car can go around a track in 5 minutes,then how long will it take to go around the track if it increases its speed by 20%?
Click here to see answer by RAY100(1637)

Question 201710: If a race car can go around a track in 5 minutes,then how long will it take to go around the track if it increases its speed by 20%?
Click here to see answer by Theo(13342)

Question 201823: Using 5 step method solve
A sailboat travels 20 miles downstream in 3 hours. It returns in 4 hours. Find the speed of the sailboat in still water and rate of the current
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 201943: John is driving from home to work in a red car at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the distance from his house to work is 67 miles. Bob, in his blue car, drives from home to work at 60 miles per hour and the distance from his house to work is 72 miles. Both men have a 15 minute presentation to give upon their arrival. Who gets to work in the least amount of time?
In the above word problem, what information is not important? Explain why
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 201785: it takes a boat 2 hours to travel 24 miles downstream and 3 hours to travel 18 miles upstreat. what is the speed of the boat in still water and of the current river?
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 202012:
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 202100: a ski lift carries a skier up a slope at the rate of 800 feet per minute and he returns from the top to the bottom on a path parallel to the lift at an average rate of 2640 feet per minute. How long is the lift if the round trip traveling time is 20 minutes?
Click here to see answer by scott8148(6628)

Question 202145: A jogger runs a distance at a speed of 8mph and returns the same distance running at a speed of 6mph. Find the total distance that the jogger runs if total time running is 1 hour and 45 min.
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 202184: A girl rows upstream in the river that flows at the rate of 3 mph. It takes her 2 hours to row to a destination that is 2 miles away. What is the speed at which she is rowing?
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 202325: Golden painting. An artist wants her painting to be in the
shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is
36 inches, then what should be the width? See the previous
exercise.
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 202323: Gone fishing. Debbie traveled by boat 5 miles upstream to
fish in her favorite spot. Because of the 4-mph current, it
took her 20 minutes longer to get there than to return. How
fast will her boat go in still water?
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 202364: while waiting for a train, bong takes a bus ride at 60 kph to a certain point and then walks back leisurely at 10 kph. The bus takes 15 minutes less than his walking. how far has he walked and for how long?
this what i did:
d=60(15-t)
d=10t
d=900-60t
60t+10t=900-60t i transposed the 60t
70t=900 and i divide both sides by 70 but i cant get the answer for the 900
Please if you can even include how to get the answer thanks in advance
Click here to see answer by vleith(2983)

Question 202390: A boat traveled 168 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 7 hours. The trip back took 42 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
Click here to see answer by solver91311(24713)

Question 202389: An Air Force plane flew to Jakarta and back. It took six hours longer to go there than it did to come back. The average speed on the trip there was 182 km/h. The average speed on the way back was 455 km/h. How many hours did the trip there take?
Click here to see answer by Earlsdon(6294)

Question 202412: Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 40 miles per hour and train B is traveling at 48 miles per hour. Train A passes a station at 3:15 pm. If train B passes the same station at 3:30 pm, at what time will train B catch up to train A?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 202367: Suppose a model rocket is shot from the ground straight up with a initial velovity is 60ft/sec and the h=-16t^2+60t how long will it take to reach maximum height?
Click here to see answer by scott8148(6628)

Question 202541: It takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from earth to the moon. How long many days does it take for the space vehicle to reach Mercury.
Moon 240,000 miles
Mercury 57,000,000 miles
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 202676: Tom took a trip of 1,020 miles. He traveled by train at 55mph and the same number of hours by plane at 285mph. How many hours did the trip take?
I tried T=d/r 1020/55=18.545 1020/285=5.18 18.545+5.18=23.73
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 202686: On the blueprint of a house, 25 millimeters represents 4 meters. The actual length of the living room is 9 meters. What is its length on the blueprint?

Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)

Question 202746: Becky traveled an average of 60 mph on a trip to St. Louis. On her return trip, she took a more scenic route that was 2 hours longer and 30 miles farther and averaged 50 mph on the way back. How long did it take to Becky to travel to St. Louis?
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 202767: Hillary's Lexus travels 30 mph faster than Bill's Harley. In the same time that Bill travels 75 mi, Hillary travels 120 mi. Find their speeds.
Click here to see answer by scott8148(6628)

Question 202769: The average 150-lb adult burns about 360 calories walking 4 mi. How far should the average 150-lb adult walk in order to burn 20 calories?
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 202874: The OfficeJet Printer can copy Maria's Dissertation in 8 Minutes. The LaserJet can copy the same document in 14 minutes. If the two printers work together,how long will they take to copy the dissertation.
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 202955: If a bird flys 2/3 of a mile, what percent has it flown?
Click here to see answer by checkley77(12844)

Question 202965: Below are two questions that I was able to see the answer for in the answer key, but have no idea how they arrived at the answer. can you please explain?
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?
A. 2 hours
B. 4 � hours
C. 5 � hours
D. 6 hours
E. 7 � hours
. Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 � hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together?
A. 12 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 21 minutes
D. 23 minutes
E. 28 minutes

Click here to see answer by solver91311(24713)

Question 202778: Together, Michelle, Sal, and kristen can clean and wax a car in 1 hr 20 min. To complete the job alone, Michelle needs twice the time that Sal needs and 2 hr more than kristen. How long would it take each to clean and wax the car working alone?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 203095: Can you please help me write out an equation for the word problem?
If a plane can travel 400 miles per hour into the wind and 540 miles with the wind, find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air.
Click here to see answer by scott8148(6628)

Question 203094: Can you please help me write out and solve the equation for this word problem?
A car leaves a town traveling at 60 miles per hour. How long will it take a second car traveling at 75 miles per hour to catch up to the first car if it leaves 2 hours later?

Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)

Question 203170: Kim traveled 2x+50 miles on Monday and 3x-10 miles on Tuesday. Write a polynominal that represents the total distance traveled in 2 days and find the total distance if x=20? Thanks word problems and distance just don't click with me.
Click here to see answer by jejess(7)

Question 203171: Could you help me with this problem. I don't understand what they are asking me to do. The monthly profit P (in dollars) that Jim makes on the sale of x mobile homes is determined by the formula P=x^2+5x-50. Find the values of x for which Jim makes a profit.
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 203169: Travel problems I just don't understand. Richard drove his rig at 'x' mph for 3 hours, then increased his speed to (x+15)mph and drove 2 more hours. Wrtie a polynomial that represents the total distance that he traveled. how much distance did he covered if x=45 mph?
Click here to see answer by jejess(7)

Question 203272: Juan is getting a cab to travel 5 miles home. The cab is charging him %.50 for the first (1/5) mile and $.20 for all additional (1/10) miles. What is the total for his cab ride.
Click here to see answer by Mathtut(3670)

Question 203274: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200mph that had a 2-hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 203303: The brightest star in our sky is Sirius, which is 51,700,000,000,000 miles away from earth. The speed of light is approximately 299,329.8 kilometers per second. Determine how long it will take light leaving earth to reach Sirius. round your answer to the nearest tenth of a year. Use 365 days = 1 Year. Here is a story problem we have and I cannot figure this out can you? Thanks janet
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 203337: If a trucker drives 500 miles in x + 1 hours, then what is his average speed?
I can set this up, but confused on how to solve.
I set up 500/(x+1)
Click here to see answer by jsmallt9(3758)

Question 203351: This question has stumped me I need help.
Driving along a crowded freeway, you notice that it takes a time t to go from one mile marker to the next. When you increase your speed by 6.0 mi/h, the time to go one mile decreases by 13 s. What was your original speed?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

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