document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=494613>Question 494613</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Simplify the following expression, and rewrite it in an equivalent form with positive exponents. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24x^3y^-3/72x^-5y^-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help me out I Do not understand. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "24x^3y^-3/72x^-5y^-1 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(24/72)(x^3/x^-5)(y^-3/y^-1}<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 3 * x^8 * (1/y^2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 3x^8/y^2<BR>\n" );
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