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Question 723647: There was a road around a circular lake. A man and his brother each started in the same place and drove around the lake at exactly the same speed, but in opposite directions. The first brother went clockwise around the lake at 40 mph, and the trip took him an hour and 20 minutes. The second brother went counterclockwise around the lake--also at exactly 40 mph--but his trip only took him 80 minutes. Each traveled exactly the same distance: 53.33 miles. How is that possible? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
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An hour and 20 minutes is 80 minutes
They took the same amount of time to travel the same distance at the same speed.
