document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=596259>Question 596259</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (2 to the power of 6 and 4 over 2 to the power of 2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.2 to the power 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.2 to the power 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.2 to the power of 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.2 to the power 5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #377675 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=377675\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I think you are saying that the problem is to simplify:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If I have interpreted your problem correctly, here's how you would do it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First apply the power rule of exponents to the numerator. This rule says that when you have an exponent term raised to a power, you multiply the two exponents. (What you really have in the numerator is 2^6 times 2^6 times 2^6 times 2^6 and you can simplify this by adding exponents to get 2^24. This is done easier by just multiplying the exponent 6 times the exponent 4 to get the same answer of 2^24.) So the problem becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To divide terms with the same base (in this problem the base is 2) you just subtract the exponent in the denominator from the exponent in the numerator to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And after subtracting the exponents you get the answer of:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This would be answer a in the list of choices you were given.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, this answer assumes that I interpreted your problem correctly. If I had the problem correct at the start, then the answer I got is the correct one. If I did not start with the correct problem, then you will need to clarify the problem statement and post it again.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you understand the problem a little more, and how you can work it to a solution.<BR>\n" );
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