document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=859398>Question 859398</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two people start walking at the same time in the same direction. One person walks at 5 mph and the other person walks at 6 mph. In how many hours will they be 0.5 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "in one hour the first person would be 5 miles from starting point and the second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "person would be 6 miles away.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance between them after 1 hour = 6 - 5 = 1 mile.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So every one hour, the distance between them increases by 1 mile.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So hours it would take for the distance to be 0.5 mile = 0.5 hour or 30 minutes!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check: In 30 minutes, first person would cover 2.5 miles and second person would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cover 3 miles. Distance between them = 3 - 2.5 = 0.5. Correct!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps :)<BR>\n" );
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