document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666995>Question 666995</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a man can walk 4km in 1 hour and his wife can walk 5km in 1 hour, how many minutes will it take them to meet if they begin walking at the same time at opposite ends of a 12km road and have agreed to meet at the halfway point?\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #414778 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=414778\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let t=hrs, v=km/hr and d=km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vt=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t(4+5)=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9t=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=12/9=4/3 hr = 80 min. The time it will take them to meet. They will NOT meet at the \"halfway point\" because the wife will have walked farther than her husband.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ed </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );