fadeto vs animate opacity (v2)

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Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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fadeTo

var html = '<div id="tofade" style="opacity:0">This needs to be faded in and out</div>'; 
$('body').append(html);
$('#tofade').fadeTo(0, 1500);
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animate
var html = '<div id="toanim" style="opacity:0">This needs to be faded in and out</div>'; 
$('body').append(html);
$('#toanim').animate({
'opacity' : '0'
}, 1500)
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