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document.write( "To remove the big parentheses, multiply\r\n" );
document.write( "each of the six exponents inside the\r\n" );
document.write( "parentheses, top and bottom, by the outer\r\n" );
document.write( "exponent \"2%2F3%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Move the factors with negative exponents in\r\n" );
document.write( "the top to the bottom, changing the signs of\r\n" );
document.write( "the negative exponents to positive. Also,\r\n" );
document.write( "move the factors with negative exponents in\r\n" );
document.write( "the bottom to the top, changing the signs of\r\n" );
document.write( "the negative exponents to positive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the exponents of x in the top \"4%2F9%2B2%2F9=6%2F9=2%2F3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Add the exponents of y in the bottom \"7%2F6%2B1%2F2=7%2F6%2B3%2F6=10%2F6=5%2F3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Write \"4%5E1%2A2%5E1\" as \"4%2A2=8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That may be acceptable as the final answer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "However we can rationalize the denominator by\r\n" );
document.write( "multiplying top and bottom by \"y%5E%281%2F3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the factors in the top\r\n" );
document.write( "as radicals. Add exponents on \r\n" );
document.write( "the bottom.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply under the radicals\r\n" );
document.write( "and simplify the exponent in the\r\n" );
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