document.write( "Question 464251: Rewrite with positive exponents. Assume that even roots are of nonnegative quantities and that all denominators are nonzero.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #318033 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Give the 2 an exponent of 1 so that everything\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses by multiplying every\r\n" );
document.write( "exponent inside the parentheses, the 1, the 2, and the -1 \r\n" );
document.write( "by the exponent -6 just outside the parentheses. When\r\n" );
document.write( "you do that you have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put that over 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to get rid of a negative exponent in the\r\n" );
document.write( "top (bottom) of a fraction, move the base and exponent\r\n" );
document.write( "to the bottom (top) and change the sign of the\r\n" );
document.write( "exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Bring the  to the bottom as \r\n" );
document.write( "Bring the  to the bottom as \r\n" );
document.write( "But leave the  in the top because it already\r\n" );
document.write( "has a positive exponent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the final answer is:\r\n" );
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