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Two men set out at the same time to walk towards each other from

M

and

N

72

miles apart. The first man walks at the rate of

4

mph. The second man walks

2

miles the first hour,

2\frac {1}{2}

miles the second hour,

3

miles the third hour, and so on in arithmetic progression. Then the men will meet:

<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \text{in 7 hours} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \text{in }{8\frac {1}{4}}\text{ hours}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \text{nearer }{M}\text{ than }{N}\qquad \\ <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \text{nearer }{N}\text{ than }{M}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{midway between }{M}\text{ and }{N}

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