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document.write( "Your formula is ambigous.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It can be read as  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    (tan^2x+secx-1)/(secx-1),   or  as\r\n" );
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document.write( "    tan^2x + (secx-1)/(secx-1),  or as\r\n" );
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document.write( "    tan^2x + secx - (1/secx-1),  or  as\r\n" );
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document.write( "    tan^2x + secx - (1/secx) - 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "and, probably, by many other ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To avoid ambiguity, use PARENTHESES to clearly and explicitly show which part of your formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "is the numerator and which part is denominator.\r\n" );
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