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LI (50 + 1) is the accepted form of writing 51. XLXI would represent 40 + 11 and it is a totally incorrect and unnecessarily complicated way to write 51. It would not be considered good practice to deduct 10 from a number (XL) only to add 11 (XI) to it in the same numeral.

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