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document.write( "To remove the parentheses, Multiply the \r\n" );
document.write( "inner exponent  by the outer exponent \r\n" );
document.write( "and get the exponent , so you have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now use the rule for making negative exponents positive,\r\n" );
document.write( "by moving them from numerator to denominator like this,\r\n" );
document.write( "leaving a  in the numerator when necessary to\r\n" );
document.write( "hold the numerator, as in this case:\r\n" );
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