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document.write( "Nope.  1 is too small.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try x=3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Nope. 3 is too big.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try x=2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hurray! 2 is the solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When an equation has a variable both as part of an exponent\r\n" );
document.write( "and not part of an exponent elsewhere, there is no way to solve \r\n" );
document.write( "the equation except by trial and error, and some systematic way \r\n" );
document.write( "of deciding whether you need to try a bigger or a smaller number, \r\n" );
document.write( "based on previous trials.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Graphing calculators can handle such problems quite well.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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