document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=111143>Question 111143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a*b means 2a+b, then what is 2*5? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then 2*5 is got by replacing a by 2 and b by 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 2*5 = 2(2) + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       = 4 + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus 2*5 = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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