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document.write( " square ft, find the width of the border. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It is strange to me to read it, because, according to the description,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the partial area  of 224 square feet is greater than the whole area of  8*12 = 96 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It recalls me a report from a mad-house, &nbsp;where one of personages/habitants\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "stated that inside of the &nbsp;Earthen sphere, &nbsp;there is another globe even greater diameter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This passage is from one well known classic humoristic literature work,  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and it is a &nbsp;FULL &nbsp;analogue to what I see in this post.\r<BR>\n" );
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