document.write( "Question 141168: Each day a man meets his wife at the commuter train station after work, and
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document.write( " then she drives him home. She always arrives exactly on time to pick him up.
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document.write( " One day he catches an earlier train and arrives at the station an hour early.
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document.write( " He immediately begins walking home along the same route the wife drives.
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document.write( " Eventually his wife sees him on her way to the station and drives him the rest
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document.write( " of the way home. When they arrive home, the man notices that they arrived 20
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document.write( " minutes earlier than usual. How much time did the man spend walking? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #525948 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! They arrived home 20 minutes early. \n" ); document.write( "The twenty minutes were saved on going to the station and returning home. \n" ); document.write( "so 20/2=10 \n" ); document.write( "She drove 10 minutes less each way for a total of 20 minutes. He walked 50 minutes. \n" ); document.write( " |