document.write( "Question 730254: Your bus takes 15 minutes to get from your home to school. It travels at an average speed of 32 miles per hour.
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document.write( "Your distance to school is   = 8 miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your classmate's distance to school is   = 7.5 miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You live 8 - 7.5 = 0.5 of a mile further from the school than your classmate.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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