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document.write( "Break everything down to prime factors with no exponents other than 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put everything under just one cube root radical:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"root%283%2Caaabbbbbbb%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, since the index of the cube root is 3, make as many groups of \r\n" );
document.write( "three like factors as possible.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each of those groups of three like factors represents a cube, and \r\n" );
document.write( "will come outside the radical as just a single factor.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The \"%28aaa%29\" is just \"a%5E3\" and comes out of the radical as a \r\n" );
document.write( "single \"a\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%2Aroot%283%2C%28bbb%29%28bbb%29b%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The \"%28bbb%29\" is just \"b%5E3\" and comes out of the radical as a \r\n" );
document.write( "single \"b\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"ab%2Aroot%283%2C%28bbb%29b%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other \"%28bbb%29\" likewise comes out of the radical as a single \"b\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"abb%2Aroot%283%2Cb%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only thing left under the radical is the \"b\" which was left\r\n" );
document.write( "over after all possible groups of three like factors were made. So\r\n" );
document.write( "the final answer is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"ab%5E2%2Aroot%283%2Cb%29\"\r\n" );
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