document.write( "Question 334803: Simplify, leaving only positive exponents in final answer:
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document.write( "To remove the parentheses, first make sure every factor
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document.write( "inside the parentheses has its exponents showing, so we'll
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document.write( "even put a 1 exponent for the 4, since it's a factor inside
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document.write( "the parentheses:\r
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses on the bottom by multiplying every
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document.write( "exponent inside the parentheses by the exponent outside the
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document.write( "Get rid of the negative exponents (in red)\r
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document.write( "by moving the factors from the bottom to the top and 
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document.write( "changing the sign of their exponents to positive:\r
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document.write( "Now we 
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document.write( "1. add the exponents of  in the top 
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document.write( "2. add the exponents of  in the top 
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document.write( "Give the  in the top the exponent 1:\r
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document.write( "Subtract the exponents of q, larger minus smaller, getting 
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document.write( "putting the result  in the bottom because the larger exponent
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document.write( " was in the bottom.  (Eliminate q from the top, of course)\r
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document.write( "That's as far as it will simplify.\r
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