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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which of the following is true
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document.write( "2+5/2+7/12+9/2to the power 2+12/12to the power 2+13/2 to the power 3+19/12 to\r\n" );
document.write( "the power 3+17 to the power 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "I suppose you mean this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                       4\r\n" );
document.write( "                                  3+17\r\n" );
document.write( "                           3+19/12\r\n" );
document.write( "                     2+13/2 \r\n" );
document.write( "              2+12/12\r\n" );
document.write( "2+5/2+7/12+9/2\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is ambiguous because PEMDAS gives no rule about whether exponents\r\n" );
document.write( "are to be done left to right or right to left.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "However, I will type this into my TI-84 this way\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2+5/2+7/12+9/2)^(2+12/12)^(2+13/2)^(3+19/12)^(3+17)^4\r\n" );
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document.write( "I get an overflow error, which means the number is too large for the\r\n" );
document.write( "calculator to handle. It certainly is not any of the choices given.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I suspect this is a spoof problem, not only because you haven't specified\r\n" );
document.write( "which exponentiation is to be done first, but also because it is unlikely\r\n" );
document.write( "that the creator of such an advanced arithmetic problem would contain the\r\n" );
document.write( "requirement of doing such an elementary thing as reducing 12/12 to 1.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "So if you're having fun trying to pull our leg, it won't work because \r\n" );
document.write( "you'll always give yourself away. \r\n" );
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