document.write( "Question 994471: Assuming equal rates, 240 miles in 8 hours implies 255 miles in how many hours?
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\n" ); document.write( "8 hrs/240 mi=x/255 mi
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\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: At the same rate, it would
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