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document.write( "What you posted is not clear.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Divided by\" is, eg, a \"divided by\" b = a/b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 divided by 4 = 3/4 = 0.75 decimal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 divided by 2 = 1/2, one half.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.\r<BR>\n" );
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