document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421534>Question 421534</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write with positive exponents: (3^-3 a^-2 b^5)÷(c^-3 d^-4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When we shift a term from the numerator to the denominator or vice versa the negative exponent turns to positive as shown here.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3^-3 a^-2 b^5)÷(c^-3 d^-4) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's rewrite this as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3^-3 a^-2 b^5)/(c^-3 d^-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now shift to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^3d^4b^5/3^3a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We could rewrite this as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^3d^4b^3/27a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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