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HTML
<div id=a>
<div id=b>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#a {
width: 400px;
height: 300px;
background: #ddd;
}
#b {
font: 10px Tahoma;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 200px;
height: 300px;
background: #ccc;
}
JavaScript
$('#b').html('css(\'margin-left\') == ' + $('#b').css('margin-left') + '<br>position().left == ' + $('#b').position().left);