SOLUTION: A man walks twice as fast as his son. They start walking at the same point. The man walks one mile and turns around. His son keeps walking straight ahead in the same direction. How

Question 1065743: A man walks twice as fast as his son. They start walking at the same point. The man walks one mile and turns around. His son keeps walking straight ahead in the same direction. How far will the man have walked when they meet?
Found 2 solutions by KMST, ikleyn:
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= distance walked by the son
= distance walked by the father
Between the two of them,
they covered the distance twice.
So,

The father walked of a mile
( mile forward and mile back towards his son).
The son walked of a mile in one direction.
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
There is a humorous version of this problem.
See the lesson Non-traditional Travel and Distance problems, Problem 1 in this site.

Also, there is a bunch of lessons on Travel and Distance problems in this site.
They are in this (free of charge) online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

in the section "Travel and Distance problems".

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