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document.write( "      27 + ( 3 x 6 ) / 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       I have no idea what the forward slash is standing for is it division? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea what the forward slash is standing for is it division?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is division<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27 + ( 3 x 6 ) / 2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 27 + 18/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 27 + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS use * for multiplication, not x.  x is often a variable term<BR>\n" );
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