document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=329400>Question 329400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the operations &#9830; and &#9829; be defined for real numbers a and b \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a &#9830; b = 2a – b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a &#9829; b = (a + b)/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the value of (4 &#9829; 9) &#9830; 3? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a &#9830; b = 2a – b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a &#9829; b = (a + b)/2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the value of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4 &#9829; 9) &#9830; 3) = 2[(4+9)/2]-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= (13/2)-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 3 1/2<BR>\n" );
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