Question

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 285mph how many hours did the trip take?

Answer 1

d = vt

Distance traveled by train
d = 55t
Distance traveled by plane
d = 285t
Total distance
d = 1020

So, you do:
distance traveled by plane + distance traveled by train =  total distance
(55t) + (285t) = 1020

Solve for t
t = 3 hours

t is the time traveled by each so 3 hrs traveled by train and 3 hrs traveled by plane

Total time  = 3 + 3 = 6 hours