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Please help. I am not good with word problems. I don't know where to start.
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document.write( "       distance   rate  time\r\n" );
document.write( "John     10        2r   t-3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sustitute 10 for rt in the first\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Tony walked  mph\r\n" );
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document.write( "John walks twice that fast or  or  mph.\r\n" );
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