document.write( "Question 1094242: 2/3x-3/5y=-1
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Algebra.Com's Answer #708836 by ikleyn(52905) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "     Regarding your first equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     is it   (2/3)x - (3/5)y = -1    or   2/(3x) - 3/(5y) = -1   ???\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Same question regarding second equation.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use parentheses to make your formulas readable and unambiguous.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use parentheses when you post your formulas to this forum.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is the REQUIREMENT of this site.\r
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document.write( "    Once, when I sent this message to some customer/\"student\"/visitor, he responded me (through the \"Thank you\" form),\r\n" );
document.write( "    asking why he (or she ?) should use parentheses when his source (textbook, teacher's assignment sheet and so on)\r\n" );
document.write( "    does not contain these parentheses ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The answer is: That sources have TYPOGRAPHY MEANS to represent the fractions, writing them in two levels /\r\n" );
document.write( "     numerators and denominators, divided by horizontal lines.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     These typography tools ABSENT in this forum, THEREFORE the customers SHOULD write parentheses to present numerators and denominators\r\n" );
document.write( "     explicitly.\r\n" );
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