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document.write( "speed=distance/travel time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill's best speed=400/76 m/sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alan's best speed=400/83 m/sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If both runners do their best times, alan would  finish 7 seconds after bill<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, alan's head start distance=7 sec*his best speed=7*400/83=34 m<BR>\n" );
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