document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35036>Question 35036</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify and evaluate (x3y-4z0/5x6y8)3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks for any help you can give, i could not figure this out :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #21273 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><B>Cintchr(481)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=21273\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28%28x%5E3y-4z%5E0%29%2F%285x%5E6y%5E8%29%29%5E3+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28%28x%5E3y-4z%5E0%29%2F%285x%5E6y%5E8%29%29%5E3+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assuming this is how your problem looks ... it is solved like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First of all ... anything that has an exponent of zero is equal to one<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, Lay the fraction out three times, since it is cubed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The denominator is the easy one, lets deal with it first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the first two quantities in the numerator<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute out the second quantity<BR>\n" );
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