(1) tom took a trip of 1,020 miles. he traveled by train at 55 miles an hour and the same number of hours by plane at 285 mph. how many hours did the trip take? a) 3 hours b) 6 hours c) 8 hours

B) 6 hours

Let h represent the total trip time. Then h/2 is the time spent traveling at each speed. The distance covered is ...

... distance = speed · time

The sum of the distances in each mode is the total distance.

... 1020 = 55·h/2 +285·h/2

... 2040 = h·(55+285) . . . . multiply by 2

... 2040/340 = h = 6 . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of h

The trip took a total of 6 hours.

hi! i think the answer is 1/2 : )