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document.write( "That's probably what you meant. But when you don't enclose\r\n" );
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document.write( "then what you wrote\r\n" );
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document.write( "means this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we'd have to use the quadratic formula and \r\n" );
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document.write( "When typing mathematical expressions and equations, you must\r\n" );
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