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One runner ran 1000 yards in the same time that another runner ran 985 yards. If the average rate of the faster runner was one-third feet per second more than the average rate of the slower runner, what was the average rate of each runner?

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The average rate of the faster runner is 200 ft / 3 sec while
the average rate of the slower runner is 197 ft / 3 sec.

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