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document.write( "It's ambiguous.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It could be 12 + 12n = -120<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(12+12)*n = -120<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1st is more likely to be accepted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why do you think that's not it?<BR>\n" );
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