document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466247>Question 466247</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (3x)^-2 rewrite with positive exponents, simplify as much as possible </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #319569 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrahouse.com><B>algebrahouse.com(1659)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrahouse.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=algebrahouse.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=319569\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To make a negative exponent positive, either move it up into the numerator,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or down into the denominator....opposite of where it currently is.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "----- {moved it down into the denominator to make a positive exponent}<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---- {took everything in parentheses to the 2nd power}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x²<BR>\n" );
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