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document.write( " How many possibilities for total port usage? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer: 2^16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many of these entail the use of at least one port?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 2^16 -1 \r<BR>\n" );
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