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document.write( "Write 16 as  and write 4 as \r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses by multiplying the inner exponents by\r\n" );
document.write( "the outer exponents:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute in the exponents:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the exponents of 2 on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The bases are the same and are positive and not 1, so\r\n" );
document.write( "we may set the exponent of 2 on the left equal the exponent\r\n" );
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