Q&A for How to Calculate Distance

Distance traveled = rate (velocity) multiplied by time elapsed. D = (v)(t).

Maps typically have a scale of miles. Compare a distance shown on a map with its scale.

Add together the distance traveled on each of the 20 trips. If all the trips are the same, just multiply the distance of one trip by 20.

It takes 1.4 seconds for sound to travel one way from her hands to the cliff. Therefore, multiply the speed of sound by 1.4 seconds. The speed of sound is 343 meters per second or 1,125 feet per second.

Cross-multiply the duration out of an hour and the amount of distance traveled in the duration.

You have to know how fast you walk. Divide the distance by your speed. For example, if you walk four miles an hour (a brisk pace), divide (in this case) 0.1 mile by 4 miles/hour. That equals 1/40 of an hour, which is 1½ minutes.

If you know both the distance between lampposts and the time it takes to travel from one post to the next, divide the distance by the elapsed time. That will give you a speed in feet per second, meters per second, or whatever units you're using. You may want to convert that to other units such as miles per hour or kilometers per hour.

A full lap would consist of 1,750 meters. 100 kilometers is 100,000 meters. 100,000 divided by 1,750 equals slightly more than 57 full laps.

You would need to know the speed (distance per time consumed). Multiply the speed by the hours to get the total distance traveled.

Add the two distances together to find the total distance traveled. Then divide by the average speed to calculate the time elapsed (in hours).

3 days a week for 5 weeks is 15 days of running. 78.6 ÷ 15 = 5.24 miles per day on average.