Trivial I know, but why no backspace key?

This my first Apple computer. So far I prefer to use the MacBook than my Dell desktop. One annoyance: WHY DID THEY DESIGN THIS WITHOUT A BACKSPACE KEY???
I would rid the x-tra "enter" and "apple logo"key in favor of a backspace.
Now you can get back to much more important issues!
Alonso

Thanks to all for the replies. I just tested what you pointed out, it works. I still miss the good old backspace key though.
Goodnight,
Alonso

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