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<para>Note 2: In the computations of the gross pay for the current week we
-shall find it useful to be able t5o compute a function (which we shall
+shall find it useful to be able to compute a function (which we shall
call EXCESS.) of two numbers, say a and b, whose value is 0 if a ≤ b,
and a-b if a > b. A formula for this function is</para>
-<para role='centered'>EXCESS.(a,b) = a - b + |a - b| / 2,</para>
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+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref='equation7.png'/>
+ </imageobject>
+</mediaobject>
<para>where | | denotethe usual "absolute value". In fact, by using
this function, a simple one-line formula for this function is:</para>