document.write( "Question 660189: Simplify the expression and eliminate any negative exponent(s). Assume that all letters denote positive numbers.
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document.write( "Write the 4 as 22 and the 64 as 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses by multiplying each exponent inside\r\n" );
document.write( "each pair of parentheses by the exponent just outside the\r\n" );
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document.write( "To multiply we add the exponents of 2 and the exponents of y:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C2%5E2%2Ax%5E10%2Ay%5E%28-1%2F2%2B1%2F2%29++%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C4%2Ax%5E10%2Ay%5E0++%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C4%2Ax%5E10%2A1++%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "4x10\r\n" );
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