Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers 7th Edition by Robert Brechner ,George Bergeman

Exercise 48

You are an executive with the Varsity Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. The company president was scheduled to make an important sales presentation tomorrow afternoon in Seattle, Washington, but has now asked you to take his place.
The trip consists of a
-hour flight from Atlanta to Dallas, a
-hour layover in Dallas, and then a
-hour flight to Portland. There is a
-hour layover in Portland and then a
-hour flight to Seattle. Seattle is on Pacific Time, which is 3 hours earlier than Eastern Time in Atlanta.
a. If you depart Atlanta tonight at 11:30 P.M. and all flights are on schedule, what time will you arrive in Seattle?
b. If your return flight is scheduled to leave Seattle at 10:10 P.M. tomorrow night, with the same flight times and layovers in reverse, what time are you scheduled to arrive in Atlanta?
c. If the leg from Dallas back to Atlanta is
of an hour longer than scheduled due to headwinds, what time will you actually arrive?