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docs: fix typo/logic error in npm-dedupe docs #8866

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During the installation process, the `[email protected]` dependency for `b` was placed in the root of the tree.
Though `d`'s dependency on `[email protected]` could have been satisfied by `[email protected]`, the newer `[email protected].0` dependency was used, because npm favors updates by default, even when doing so causes duplication.
Though `d`'s dependency on `[email protected]` could have been satisfied by `[email protected]`, the newer `[email protected].9` dependency was used, because npm favors updates by default, even when doing so causes duplication.

Running `npm dedupe` will cause npm to note the duplication and re-evaluate, deleting the nested `c` module, because the one in the root is sufficient.

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