document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1041448>Question 1041448</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the algebraic expresion that is suggested in the word<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    John uses a new $50 McDonald's gift card and buys a Big Mac <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I thought x-50 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 50\"> represented the amount left on the card after buying a Big Mac, then, given that a Big Mac costs less than $50, there would be a negative amount of money on the card.  So let's say that the Big Mac costs five dollars, then $5 minus $50 is -$45.  You would have a nice tasty Big Mac and a $45 debt to McDonalds.  Absurd in the extreme.  Re-think your answer and don't guess this time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \\r\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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