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document.write( "Write 54 as 2·27 and then as 21·33, and\r\n" );
document.write( "indicate the understood index of the root as 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. If M is less than N, then leave it as it is.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. If M can be divided evenly by N, then it equals \r\n" );
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document.write( "3. If M is greater than N, then do this division\r\n" );
document.write( "where Q is the quotient and R is the remainder \r\n" );
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document.write( " Q\r\n" );
document.write( " N)M\r\n" );
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document.write( " R \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then it equals:\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the 21, since 1 is less than 2, we use rule 1 and do nothing \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the 33, since the exponent 3 is greater than the index 2,\r\n" );
document.write( "we use rule 3 and do this division:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 1 \r\n" );
document.write( " 2)3\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the x7, since 7 is greater than 2, we use rule 3\r\n" );
document.write( "and do this division:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can also multiply the 2 by the 3 and dispose of the 2 index and \r\n" );
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