document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=412893>Question 412893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When asked to simplify this equation:  -2(27)^2/3, without using a calculator I understood that you would take the denominator (3) and put the equation like: -2(3 to the square root of 27^2.  The answer the book gives is -18 and I have no idea how they got that answer...please help. :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "=-18 </SPAN>\n" );
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