document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176834>Question 176834</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131314149/algebrahomeworkh>Tennessee Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra I</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help with my Algebra problems?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #131904 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=131904\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Anything raised to the zero power is 1 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E0+=+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E0+=+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for all a.  A negative exponent means take the reciprocal, that is:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E%28-n%29=1%2Fa%5En ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E%28-n%29=1%2Fa%5En\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, in other words, move the variable from denominator to numerator or from numerator to denominator and change the sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So for your first problem, in order for the a term to go away and remain non-zero, the exponent on a has to be 1, so you can say right off that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  The b variable is in the denominator in the left hand fraction and in the numerator in the right hand fraction.  That means the 3 exponent on b on the right must have been -3 on the left.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=+-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=+-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should be able to handle the rest of them by applying the same principles. </SPAN>\n" );
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