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Two cars are racing around a 3 mile track. The
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document.write( "The faster car will lap the slower car when the\r\n" );
document.write( "faster car has separated from the slower car\r\n" );
document.write( "by 3 miles.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "The faster car is separating from the\r\n" );
document.write( "slower car by 124-122 or 2 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "      time = 1.5 hours or an hour and a half.\r\n" );
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