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document.write( "Put 1 exponents so everything will show an exponent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "First do this part: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then replace  by  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Inside the parentheses add exponents of a and of b:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we're ready to remove the parentheses by multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "every inner exponent top and bottom by the outer\r\n" );
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document.write( "Move  from numerator to denominator and\r\n" );
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document.write( "on the bottom.\r\n" );
document.write( "Likewise, move  from denominator to numerator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the sign of the exponent, and write \r\n" );
document.write( "on the top. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract exponents, larger minus smaller, and place the\r\n" );
document.write( "result in the numerator or denominator, depending on\r\n" );
document.write( "which one had the larger exponent before.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we subtract exponents of a,  or \r\n" );
document.write( "and place this on the top since the exponent  was\r\n" );
document.write( "larger than the exponent  and  was on the top.\r\n" );
document.write( "We eliminate  from the bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we subtract exponents of b,  or \r\n" );
document.write( "and place this on the bottom since the exponent  was\r\n" );
document.write( "larger than the exponent  and  was on the bottom.\r\n" );
document.write( "We eliminate  from the top:\r\n" );
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