document.write( "Question 65907: The chen family went for a hike. they walked one-half of the length of the trail in the mornig. They walked one-third of the remaining distance in the hour after lunch. They walked half of the distance that remained during the next hour. Then they walked the last 2 miles of the trail. How many miles long is the trail? \n" ); document.write( "
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The trail is 12 miles long.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The best way to approach this is to start from the end of the trail where you know the distance was 2 miles.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This was half of the remaining distance so that makes a total of 4 miles so far.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Those combined were 2/3 of the remaining distance so that makes 6 miles total so far.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That entire amount was half the trail which is then 12 miles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Consider a line representing the respective walking segments:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~1/2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1/3~~~1/2~~~2
\n" ); document.write( "|-----------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|
\n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~6miles~~~~~~~~~~~~~2 miles~~~2 miles~~~2 miles \n" ); document.write( "
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