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Aweekly newspaper charges $72 for each inch in length and one column width. what is the cost of an ad that runs 2 column inches long and 2 columns wide? its not 288

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?