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document.write( "This is not an equation, there's no equal sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can simplify, or evaluate the expression, but there's nothing to solve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6[2(3.5+8.6)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Work from the inside out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6[2(12.1)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6*2*12.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 145.2<BR>\n" );
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