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document.write( "time of travel =9:45-9:00=45 mts=45/60 hrs=3/4 hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=27 miles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed = distance/time =27/(3/4)=27*4/3=36 miles per hour<BR>\n" );
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