document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1209948>Question 1209948</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let f be a function defined on the positive integers, such that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(xy) = f(x) + f(y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for all positive integers x and y.  Given that f(5) = 6, f(65) = 7, f(86) = 9, f(93) = 10, find (120). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #851192 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52798)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=851192\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let f be a function defined on the positive integers, such that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(xy) = f(x) + f(y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for all positive integers x and y.  Given that f(5) = 6, f(65) = 7, f(86) = 9, f(93) = 10, find (120).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the problem is written in the post, it has a &nbsp;FATAL &nbsp;error in its description,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "making the meaning of the problem as dark as midnight in a forest at no moon.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Such style of writing and presenting problems is &nbsp;UNFINKABLE &nbsp;in &nbsp;Math.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The &nbsp;\" solution \" &nbsp;by &nbsp;@CPhill is illogical and is a fake.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It has nothing in common with what we traditionally call &nbsp;\"a solution to a &nbsp;Math problem\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The leading idea and the engine of the @CPhill &nbsp;\" solution \" &nbsp;is the desire to deceive a reader at any cost.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The given formula and the given data in the post &nbsp;DO &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;DEFINE &nbsp;function &nbsp;f &nbsp;on the positive integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The most ludicrous fact is that the question in the post is posed in illiterate way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In my view, a right place for this composition is a garbage bin.\r<BR>\n" );
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