document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=246354>Question 246354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve this equation!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3)^-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried 1/3x3 = 1/9 but that is incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Norman </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Who told you it wasn't?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3)^-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The negative means inverse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3)^-2=1/(3^2)=1/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You might have written 1/3x3 as 1/(3*3) to clarify that the denominator is 3*3 or 3^2\r<BR>\n" );
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