document.write( "Question 983836: put parentheses to make the statement true..
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document.write( "2+3×42+1=85 or less\r\n" );
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document.write( "It cannot be done because regardless of how you put\r\n" );
document.write( "parentheses, the multiplication 3×42 is going to make it \r\n" );
document.write( "126 or more.   So there's no way to get results of 85 or less. \r\n" );
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