document.write( "Question 157356: EXCUSE MAY SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM\r
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\"3X+%2B+3Y+%2B+AX+%2B+AY\"
\n" ); document.write( "It's a fact, not easy to find, sometimes
\n" ); document.write( "that the letters at the END of the alphabet,
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\n" ); document.write( "The letters at the beginning of the
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\n" ); document.write( "a constant varible can have any value, but
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\n" ); document.write( "Imagine that \"A+=+6.15\" (or any number)
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\n" ); document.write( "But I don't know what \"A\" really is, so
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