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Old 09-24-2007, 10:09 AM  
alex_1980
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I will concede that we are both correct and that the problem lies in the syntax of the formula.

I was reading -25/27x as meaning a fraction where 27x was the denominator.
ie: ((-1)(25))/((27)(x))

You read it as just an order of operations: (-1)(25)/(27)(x)

We are therefore both correct based on our own assumptions about the problem.
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