The Allen family is planning a 1200-mi trip. Assuming they travel at exactly 55 mi/h for 6 h/day, how many days will it take them to reach their destination?

Answer 1

d = r * t

d = (55)(6)

d = 330

The travel 330 mi / day

1200 / 330 = 3.63636363 days

Answer 2

Because you ultimately want to know how many days it will take to travel a given distance, and you're given velocity and the time traveled per day, let's figure out how far the Allen family will travel each day. To do that, you will multiply the time traveled per day by the velocity they are traveling.

6 hours/day * 55 miles/hour = 330 miles/day

Now that you know the distance they can cover per day, just divide the distance they need to travel by this amount.

1200 miles / 330 miles/day = 3.6 days. Rounding up gives you 4 days of travel.