document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333069>Question 333069</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me simplify the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^-1-3a^-2/2^-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "solution:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/a -3/a^2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   1/2^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=(a^2 -3a)/a^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=a(a-3)*4/a^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=4(a-3)/a^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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