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document.write( "I cannot seem to work this out. I have tried with the algibrator program but it seems to take a million steps for what at first appears to be a not too  complicated problem. I have tried to reduce the whole numbers to , for example 8 to 2^4 etc. I do not know if this will appear correctly in the text so I will describe the problem. 8 with the fractional indices 2 over 3 times 27 with the fractional indices 3 over 4 all over 16 with the fractional indices 3 over 4 times 9 with the fractional indices 3 over 4 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #356715 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><B>oberobic(2304)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=356715\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28+8%5E%282%2F3%29+%2A+27%5E%283%2F2%29+%29+%2F+%28+16%5E%283%2F4%29+%2A+9%5E%283%2F4%29+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Recall.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We also can apply what we know about the distributive property and fraction.<BR>\n" );
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