document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190672>Question 1190672</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mark bought some milk bars. He ate 5 milk bars and divided the rest into 3 equal shares. She gave 1 share and 6 more milk bars to Mary. She was left with 14 milk bars. How many milk bars did Mark buy at first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "She gave 1 share and 6 more milk bars to Mary. She was left with 14 milk bars. How many milk bars did Mark buy at first?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After reading your post, &nbsp;I have a question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is &nbsp;Mark &nbsp;&nbsp;\" he \" &nbsp;&nbsp;or &nbsp;&nbsp;\" she \" ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If &nbsp;Mark is &nbsp;\" he \", &nbsp;then &nbsp;&nbsp;WHO &nbsp;IS &nbsp;&nbsp;\" she \" &nbsp;at the first appearance of this word in the post ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And since I asked, &nbsp;who is &nbsp;\" she \" &nbsp;at the first appearance, &nbsp;it is logical to ask, &nbsp;who is &nbsp;\" she \" &nbsp;at the second appearance ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Without clarifying these fundamental issues, &nbsp;the problem cannot be solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The &nbsp;\" problems \" &nbsp;formulated so carelessly,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are good only to throw them to the closest garbage bin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Waste of time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When I criticize your formulation, you should not resent me.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Educated and intelligent people do not take offence in such cases.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In opposite, you should be grateful to me for my teaching.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a fortune for you that I captured your mistake and it did not go farther than this place.\r<BR>\n" );
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