document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=668209>Question 668209</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you simplify the expression with only positive exponents and with the answer in simplest form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2a)^-1 / 2(a)^-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing is the same as multiplying the inverse, so<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify<BR>\n" );
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