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document.write( "The rate of the second place runner was  r =  = 9.96 meters per second = 9.96 m/s.\r\n" );
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document.write( "At the time t = 9.95 seconds, when the first place runner completed the distance,\r\n" );
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document.write( "the second place runner covered  9.96 m/s * 9.95 s = 99.102 meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the second place runner was 100 - 99.102 = 0.898 of a meter behind the winner, when the winner crossed the finish line.\r\n" );
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