document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=140001>Question 140001</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify 4m^4n^3p^3/3m^2n^2p^4 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #102040 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=102040\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E%284-2%29n%5E%283-2%29p%5E%283-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E%284-2%29n%5E%283-2%29p%5E%283-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Remember when you divide monomials, you subtract their corresponding exponents. For instance <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2Fx%5E3=x%5E%282-3%29=x%5E-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2Fx%5E3=x%5E%282-3%29=x%5E-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2F3%29%28m%5E2n%5E1p%5E-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2F3%29%28m%5E2n%5E1p%5E-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify.  Remember to reduce the coefficients (which are numbers in front of the variables) to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F3=4%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F3=4%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2F3%29%28m%5E2n%2Fp%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2F3%29%28m%5E2n%2Fp%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Flip the expression with a negative exponent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29=%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284m%5E4n%5E3p%5E3%29%2F%283m%5E2n%5E2p%5E4%29=%284m%5E2n%29%2F%283p%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%3C%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%3C%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n%3C%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n%3C%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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