SOLUTION: 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, wh

Algebra ->  Customizable Word Problem Solvers  -> Misc -> SOLUTION: 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, wh      Log On

Ad: Over 600 Algebra Word Problems at edhelper.com


    

Question 80110: 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?
The answer I got is 5 hours
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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?
The answer I got is 5 hours
----------------
It took the plane one hour to fly 560-480= 80 miles
distance/rate = 480/80 = 6 hours for the 2nd part of the journey.
===========
Cheers,
Stan H.