document.write( "Question 254634: please solve this using only positive exponents...
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Algebra.Com's Answer #186962 by drk(1908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Here is the original problem
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\n" ); document.write( "Using positive exponents, we get
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\n" ); document.write( "which simplifies to
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