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document.write( "Rate of speed?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's either his rate, or his speed.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = 6 times 1/4 mile = 1.5 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = d/t = 1.5 mi/15 min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 0.1 mi/minute<BR>\n" );
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