document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182064>Question 182064</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a^2b^3/ab^5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "One way to handle exponents in both umerator & denominator is to combine them in th numerator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^(2-1)b^(3-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^1b^(-2)m the positive exponents stay in the numerator bt the nrgative ones go back to the denominator as positive exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a/b^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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