Q: The task is to generate the correct answer for a given math problem.
Problem: each day a man meets his wife at the train station after work , and then she drives him home . she always arrives exactly on time to pick him up . one day he catches an earlier train and arrives at the station an hour early . he immediately begins walking home along the same route the wife drives . eventually his wife sees him on her way to the station and drives him the rest of the way home . when they arrive home the man notices that they arrived 40 minutes earlier than usual . how much time did the man spend walking ?
A:
40 minutes