document.write( "Question 43119This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "m^8
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\n" ); document.write( " 9
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\n" ); document.write( "m^13
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\n" ); document.write( "18 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This should read m^8 over 9 divided by m^13 over 18\r
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Change the division problem into a multiplication by flipping the second fraction:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "=(m^8/9)(18/m^13)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cancel out the exponents by subtraction:
\n" ); document.write( "(m^8-8/9)(18/m^13-8)
\n" ); document.write( "=(1/9)(18/m^5)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Continue to cancel out:
\n" ); document.write( "(1/1)(2/m^5)
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