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Algebra.Com's Answer #680078 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "                   SPEED     TIME          DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "UPSTREAM             r-2     24/(r-2)          24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Back DOWNSTREAM      r+2     24/(r+2)         24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                         5\r\n" );
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