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Algebra.Com's Answer #656694 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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That depends on whether you mean this\r\n" );
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document.write( "or whether you mean this\r\n" );
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document.write( "As you have it written, it means the first one.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Tell me in the thank-you note form below which \r\n" );
document.write( "one you mean, and I'll get back to you by email.\r\n" );
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document.write( "[There is never a charge since I do this as a\r\n" );
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document.write( "The way to tell them apart is by using\r\n" );
document.write( "parentheses.  If you write this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "D=c-s/n \r\n" );
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document.write( "with no parentheses, you mean this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "But if you write this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "D = (c-s)/n\r\n" );
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document.write( "then you mean this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rule is that when algebra is typed all on\r\n" );
document.write( "one line, if any numerator or denominator \r\n" );
document.write( "contains more than one letter or one number,\r\n" );
document.write( "there MUST be a left parenthesis \"(\" to show where \r\n" );
document.write( "the numerator or denominator begins and a right\r\n" );
document.write( "parenthesis \")\" to show where it ends.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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