@img = "<img src='#{@question.thumb_url}' width='370px'/><img src='#{SITE_PATH}images/playbutton.png' style='z-index:100;top:130px;left:190px;position:absolute;opacity:0.8'/>"

<%= simple_format @img%>


the problem is my style is not getting applied and it only gives me the img tag with src, why is that?