What is the total travel time of the trip in hours?

• A. 2 hours
• B. 3 hours
• C. 4 hours
• D. 5 hours

Answer: (C)

Total travel time is found by adding every portion of the trip—the time spent on each driving leg plus any waiting, transfers, or delays. If the problem gives distances and speeds, calculate each leg’s time as distance divided by speed, then sum all those times. If it provides the durations for each segment directly, just add them up. In this case, the data add up to four hours, so the total travel time is four hours. For example, a two-hour drive plus a one-hour layover plus a one-hour second leg would total four hours. The other options would require different sums of the segment times.