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document.write( "First of all, any number to the 0 power\r\n" );
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document.write( "which amounts to just erasing it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we get rid of all negative exponents by this\r\n" );
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document.write( "If any factor of the numerator has a negative exponent,\r\n" );
document.write( "then move it from the numerator to the denominator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the sign of the exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If any factor of the denominator has a negative exponent,\r\n" );
document.write( "then move it from the denominator to the numerator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the sign of the exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We move the  from the numerator to the \r\n" );
document.write( "denominator and write it with a positive exponent\r\n" );
document.write( " in the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we move the  from the denominator to the \r\n" );
document.write( "numerator and write it with a positive exponent\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we add the exponents of  in the numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "and we end up with:\r\n" );
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