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$\"12%2F7=216%2Fx\"$ ....x is the number of infected PC's
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"12x=7%28216%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"12x=1512\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=126%29\"$ infected pc's \n" ); document.write( "

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