document.write( "Question 335810: Negative divided by a positive. As of January 2007, the
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8.686 trillion is equivalent to 8.686 * 10^12\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "debt per person is 8.686 * 10^12 divided by 300.814 * 10^6\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "by the laws of exponents, 10^12 divided by 10^6 = 10^(12-6) = 10^6.\r
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