That depends on whether you mean thisor whether you mean this . As you have it written, it means the first one. Tell me in the thank-you note form below which one you mean, and I'll get back to you by email. [There is never a charge since I do this as a hobby] The way to tell them apart is by using parentheses. If you write this: D=c-s/n with no parentheses, you mean this: But if you write this: D = (c-s)/n then you mean this: The rule is that when algebra is typed all on one line, if any numerator or denominator contains more than one letter or one number, there MUST be a left parenthesis "(" to show where the numerator or denominator begins and a right parenthesis ")" to show where it ends. Edwin