document.write( "Question 332939: Betty, Cathy, Isabel, Lani, Alma, and Ursula ran an 800 meter race. Alma beat isreal by 7 meters. Ursula beat betty 12 meters. Alma finished 5 meters ahead of Lani but 3 meters behind Ursala. Cathy finished halfway between the first and last girls. In what order did the girls finish? What werre the distance between the girls? \n" ); document.write( "
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Betty, Cathy, Isabel, Lani, Alma, and Ursula ran an 800 meter race. Alma beat isreal by 7 meters. Ursula beat betty 12 meters. Alma finished 5 meters ahead of Lani but 3 meters behind Ursala. Cathy finished halfway between the first and last girls. In what order did the girls finish? What werre the distance between the girls?
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\n" ); document.write( ">>...Alma beat Isabel by 7 meters...<<
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document.write( "Indicate that with:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A      I\r\n" );
document.write( "01234567\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( ">>...Ursula beat betty 12 meters...<<
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document.write( "Indicate that with:\r\n" );
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document.write( "U           B   \r\n" );
document.write( "0123456789012\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( ">>...Alma finished 5 meters ahead of Lani...<<
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document.write( "Indicate that with:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A    L \r\n" );
document.write( "012345\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( ">>...but (Alma finished) 3 meters behind Ursala...<<
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document.write( "Indicate that with this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "U  A\r\n" );
document.write( "0123\r\n" );
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document.write( "--------------------\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now redraw them lining up the like letters vertically\r\n" );
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document.write( "   A      I\r\n" );
document.write( "   01234567\r\n" );
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document.write( "U  A\r\n" );
document.write( "0123\r\n" );
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document.write( "U           B   \r\n" );
document.write( "0123456789012\r\n" );
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document.write( "   A    L \r\n" );
document.write( "   012345\r\n" );
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document.write( "---------------  Now bring them all down together, keeping the\r\n" );
document.write( "                 letters lined up vertically :\r\n" );
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document.write( "U  A    L I B\r\n" );
document.write( "0123456789012\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cathy finished halfway between the first and last girls. \r\n" );
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document.write( "So we put C in the middle:\r\n" );
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document.write( "U  A  C L I B\r\n" );
document.write( "0123456789012\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Ursula won and finished 3 meters ahead of Alma,\r\n" );
document.write( "who finished 3 meters ahead of Cathy,\r\n" );
document.write( "who finished 2 meters ahead of Lani,\r\n" );
document.write( "who finished 2 meters ahead of Isabel,\r\n" );
document.write( "who finished 2 meters ahead of Betty, who finished last.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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