document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163467>Question 1163467</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sam drives from City A to City B, and he takes 8 hours for the entire trip.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Richard drives from City B to City A, and he takes 10 hours for the trip<BR>\n" );
document.write( "assuming they are driving on the same road. If Sam leaves City A and Richard<BR>\n" );
document.write( "leaves City B at the same time, how many hours will they meet at a place 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "km away from the halfway? Express your answer as a mixed number. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #787582 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52781)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=787582\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On a highway, &nbsp;there are &nbsp;TWO &nbsp;such places/points that are &nbsp;40 kilometers from the halfway between &nbsp;A &nbsp;and &nbsp;B.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know who is a composer to this problem - you, &nbsp;or your professor, &nbsp;or a third party \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(definitely it is not from a textbook, &nbsp;since textbooks are peer-reviewed), - \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but it is composed VERY UNPROFESSIONALLY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After reading the post by Edwin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Edwin, &nbsp;I did not say &nbsp;\"it is wrong\", &nbsp;although it is.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I said &nbsp;\"it is UNPROFESSIONAL\", &nbsp;and it does not relate to the language (English, in this case), even.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Simply the formulation in the post is &nbsp;<U>ACROSS</U>&nbsp; of any human logic . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That is all . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The purpose of study Math is to develop the mind of a student.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is the FIRST purpose, but not a unique.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second purpose is to teach a student to formulate his (or her) thoughts in a proper logic form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But as the problem is presented in the post, it is something out of human logic, whichever language (existing on the Earth) it would use.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Be sure, that I know how to re-formulate (or interpret) the problem correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But in this forum, we have one (or several) visitors, who permanently produce \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "terrible Math problems formulations without having knowledge or experience on doing it properly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I simply fight with them - I think that such persons should not litter the Internet with their production.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the time of my studies in primary, secondary, high school and at the University, it was considered <BR>\n" );
document.write( "as a greatest possible shame to bring or to publish incorrect or unclear Math problem, and a person<BR>\n" );
document.write( "who admitted it, lost his reputation at the same day and forever.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OK, now I will show you on how the problem should be formulated in accurate way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Sam drives from City A to City B, and he takes 8 hours for the entire trip.\r\n" );
document.write( "    Richard drives from City B to City A, and he takes 10 hours for the trip, \r\n" );
document.write( "    assuming they are driving on the same road. Sam leaves City A and \r\n" );
document.write( "    Richard leaves City B at the same time.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    When they meet on a highway, they revealed that the meeting point was 40 km away from the halfway. \r\n" );
document.write( "    How many hours will did they drive to get this point ?\r\n" );
document.write( "    Express your answer as a mixed number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the logic and the logical sequence / chain of events is in the place.\r<BR>\n" );
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