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Algebra.Com's Answer #265914 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Notice that the x on the right has the understood exponent 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. We multiply the coefficient  by the \r\n" );
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document.write( "2. We add the exponent of the x on the left, , and the \r\n" );
document.write( "   exponent of x on the right ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. We add the exponent of the y on the left, , and the \r\n" );
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document.write( "4. We complete the addition of the exponents:\r\n" );
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document.write( "5.  We replace the  by \r\n" );
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document.write( "7. To make a negative exponent positive you move the factor from\r\n" );
document.write( "   the numerator to the denominator and change the sign\r\n" );
document.write( "   of the exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's it.\r\n" );
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