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Rate for 1 employee, r cars per hours
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document.write( "                    RATE     TIME      QUANTITY CARS\r\n" );
document.write( "FOUR EMPLOYEES      4r        5           20\r\n" );
document.write( "FIVE EMPLOYEES      5r        x           20\r\n" );
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