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document.write( "1.  The fragment  \"16x – 4\" is NEITHER equation NOR inequality, so it does not define any condition at all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  The fragment \"5^x+y = 625\" is ambiguous, since it admits at least two different readings:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    a)  (5^x)+y = 625  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    b)  5^(x+y) = 625.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    To make the formula unambiguous use parentheses.\r\n" );
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