document.write( "Question 1185052: A boy rides a bicycle at a certain rate for 5 km then decreases his rate by 2 km
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The parts of trip are in two different parts.\r
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document.write( "              SPEEDS     TIME hour     DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "part1          r         5/r             5\r\n" );
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document.write( "part2         r-2        6/(r-2)         6\r\n" );
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document.write( "TOTAL                  \r\n" );
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