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document.write( "If to read and understand the condition literally as it is written, then it is self-contradictory and incorrect.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Indeed,  .  is not  17.67 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I understand that there is \"a hidden part of the condition\" related to the fixed monthly fee.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But in formulation of a Math problem/problems should not be \"hidden conditions\".  Math problems are not puzzles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, in my view, such a formulation does not have a right to exist.\r\n" );
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