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13, because, if you chose 12 it is possible, though very unlikely, to have
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document.write( "\"300 beans IS TO x dollars AS y beans IS TO  dollar.\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "300 beans IS TO $x AS y beans IS TO $.50.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In mathspeak, \"IS TO\" means \"OVER\", and \"AS\" means \"EQUALS\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "300 beans OVER $x EQUALS y beans OVER $.50.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by x:\r\n" );
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