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Alice skates 2/5 mile in 1/5 hour. Elizabeth skates 2/3 mile in 2/9 hour. who skates futher in 1 hour

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Elizabeth because in about 13 minutes she skates 2/3 mile an hour which is over half a mile and in about 12 minutes Alice skates 2/5 which is less than half a mile and it’s a minute away. It’s Elizabeth
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Alice is skating faster because she may take a larger number of a reduced hour but she covers 2/3 of a mile when skating.
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