document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=59877>Question 59877</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028251792/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 2</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I understand that i have to multiply so that the denomomintor is 1 but I dont know how to do that because the denominator is a binomal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have the time it would be appreciated if you could sohw me the steps </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The first thing I would do is move the things with negative exponents where they aren't (either numerator or denominator) and change the decimals to fractions.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If your problem was really in decimal form to begin with:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am assuming that the denominator can't have a decimal in its exponent and it can't have a negative exponent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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