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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My sons answer is 110 the textbook is 120.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The question is posed  INCORRECTLY  in this problem.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They really  DID  NOT  make any change/exchange.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "All their changes/exchanges,  described in the problem,  were  VIRTUAL,   NOT  real.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So,  it  MAKES  no  SENSE  to ask   \" how many cards did  Artur have at the end \".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The only question which  MAKES  SENSE  is   \" how many cards does Artur have ?\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Do not forget to post your  \" THANKS \"  to me for my attentive reading and pointing you  NONSENSE  in this so called  \" problem \". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is clear and it is  OBVIOUS  to me  that the   \" problem \"   is recovered from a  GARBAGE  BIN  source.\r
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