document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468000>Question 468000</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> use the laws of exponents to simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^5/8   /   6^3/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "^ means it is raising to that power. The / means fractions. So it is 6 being raised to the 5/8 power(numerator) over 6 raised to the 3/8 power (denominator) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "6^5/8 / 6^3/8 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When dividing, subtract the exponent in the denominator<BR>\n" );
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