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document.write( "t = 39 cent stamps<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 24 cent stamps<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t + c = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39t + 24c = 1440<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you finish it?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  He's not much of a business man if he's buying his own stamps, and doesn't have a postage meter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He won't be in business for long.\r<BR>\n" );
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