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1.1 Distance – Rate -Time Word Problems Strategy for Solving a Word Problem: Let’s Start Basic: 1. You are eating oreos at a rate of 5 oreos per hour for 8 hours. How many oreos did you eat? 2. You have been on a boat for 8 hours and have traveled 56 miles. How fast if your boat going? 3. You are biking for 30 miles at a rate of 8 miles per ...
Distance - Rate - Time Word Problems Date_____ Period____ 1) An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took four hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there. 2) A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas and back.
The trip there took 12 hours and the trip back took nine hours. It averaged 20 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there. 3) Scott left the airport and traveled toward the train station. Three hours later Castel left traveling at 50 mph in an effort to catch up to Scott. After traveling for two hours Castel finally ...
Solve the following word problems: 1. With a tailwind, a plane can travel 3840 km in 4 hours. Against a headwind, the return trip takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind. 4(p + w) = 384 0 → p + w = 960. = speed of plane 4 4. = speed of wind 5 (p − 384 0 . w) = → p − w = 768. 5. tailwind 2p = 1728.
If Fred’s speed is 167 km an hour faster when he is flying than when he is driving, find Fred’s flight speed and driving speed. Rate x Time = Distance
Two small planes start from the same point and fly in opposite directions. The first plan is flying 25 mph slower than the second plane. In two hours the planes are 430 miles apart. Find the rate of each plane. 29. A bus traveling at a rate of 60 mph overtakes a car traveling at a rate of 45 mph.
\(\textbf{4)}\) A plane travels 2500 miles in 5 hours when it flies into the wind. When the same plane flies with the wind, it can travel the same distance in 4 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
