document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152609>Question 1152609</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Annual sales  amounted to 1 547 600 after a 65% increase in the last four months of the year. What are the total sales for the 1st 9 months </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Annual sales  amounted to 1 547 600 after a 65% increase in the last four months of the year. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the total sales for the 1st 9 months<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How this problem is worded, &nbsp;it &nbsp;MAKES no SENSE, &nbsp;and I will explain it right now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    1.  When the post says \" . . . after a 65% increase . . . \", \r\n" );
document.write( "        it MUST say  <U>comparing with WHAT</U>  this increase is measured.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2.  Also, for your info, a year consists of 12 months, but in the problem  I see the numbers \"4 months\" and \"9 months\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "        The sum of 9 and 4 is not 12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, &nbsp;this post, &nbsp;as it is worded, &nbsp;formulated, &nbsp;printed, &nbsp;submitted and presented, &nbsp;is &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;a &nbsp;Math problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a &nbsp;FAKE.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good only to throw it to the &nbsp;GARBAGE &nbsp;BOX.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hey, &nbsp;I got your comment, &nbsp;expressing your dissatisfaction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An educated person would express his &nbsp;(or her) &nbsp;\"Deepest THANKS\" &nbsp;to me for my explanations, &nbsp;why this post is a FAKE.\r<BR>\n" );
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