A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
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Wednesday 02 October 2002
GreeboTCat Started conversation Oct 2, 2002
Each day a man's wife meets him at the railroad station and drives him home. One day he arrives at the station an hour early and begins to walk home along the road his wife always takes. She meets him en route and takes him the rest of the way home. Had he waited at the station, she would have picked him up exactly on time. As it turned out, he reached his home twenty minutes early. How long did the man walk?
Wednesday 02 October 2002
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 2, 2002
He walked right up to the point where his wife ran him over with the car. He may never walk again. And there's some question if she'll ever be allowed to drive.
~j~
Wednesday 02 October 2002
loosehead Posted Oct 2, 2002
I guessed Danny. Was going to say 42 though............
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Oct 2, 2002
50 mins:
his walk plus the rest of the way home by car equals 40 minuts, plus the driving time of the walk plus the rest of the way home.
The driving time saved is 20 minutes, so half that is the driving time of the walk.. hense 50 minutes...
Dancer
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Oct 2, 2002
I will never again write an explenation with the answer ...
Dancer
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Danny B Posted Oct 2, 2002
OK, here goes...
He arrives 1 hour early, but gets home 20 minutes early. Therefore he has 'lost' 40 minutes. His wife usually drives him home, adn she drives him part of the way today. Given that she would have arrived exactly on time, that means that the 40 minutes he's lost can only be accounted for by the time he spent walking.
Now, if someone will just explain the flaws in my reasoning, I can get on with the day...
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Danny B Posted Oct 2, 2002
OK... so Dancer seems to have done precisely that. Back to work then 
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 2, 2002
*gives Dancer a 
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My advise is to first post the answer and then the explanation in a separate posting...
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Demon Drawer Posted Oct 2, 2002
Grr well done dancer I put the 10 minutes on the wrong way.
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Whisky Posted Oct 2, 2002
Erm... confession time here - I'm definitely too honest for my own good...
I appear to have got the right answer, but I hadn't a clue why....
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- 5: six7s (Oct 2, 2002)
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- 8: Danny B (Oct 2, 2002)
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- 17: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 2, 2002)
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