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\n" ); document.write( "The rate of a bicyclist is 8 mph more than the rate of a long-distance runner. The bicyclist travels 52 mi in the same amount
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document.write( "Your equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "where r is the runner's rate (in mph).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by r*(r+8).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rest is just arithmetic.\r\n" );
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