document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=153580>Question 153580</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030416582/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify 3^2-5    n=3/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(3/5)^2-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(9/25)-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/1(9/25-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27/25-5/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27/25-125/25 = 27-125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -98<BR>\n" );
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