document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=63743>Question 63743</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/093979862x/algebrahomeworkh>An Incremental Development</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2/-2^-3 - 3/-3^-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "=-2 *(-2)^3 -3*(-3)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=-2 *(-8) -3*(9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=16 -27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -11<BR>\n" );
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