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\n" ); document.write( "A two-digit number is such that its tens digit is greater than its unit digit by 4.
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document.write( "The condition is ambiguous. \r\n" );
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document.write( "If the digits are \"a\" and \"b\"  (where \"a\" is the tens' digit, \"b\" is the ones digit),\r\n" );
document.write( "then the second condition can be interpreted in two different ways\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (a)  EITHER  N <  4*a*b*11\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (b)  OR      N <  4*a*b - 11.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Strictly saying, in English, only interpretation (a) corresponds to the text \r\n" );
document.write( "written in the post, but it leads to several possible answers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In order interpretation (b) be valid, the wording must be changed:  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"The two-digit number is 11 less than 4 times the product of its digits.\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Typical soup of words, which does not deserve serious consideration.\r
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