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document.write( "Division Properties of Exponents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       1. Dividing like bases.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              * Make any negative exponents positive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              * Find the difference of the exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              * The base raised to that difference goes where the larger exponent was located.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       2. Power of a quotient.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              * Reduce the fraction if possible and make negative exponents positive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              * Raise each part of the numerator and denominator to the power.\r<BR>\n" );
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