document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=763775>Question 763775</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me evaluate (-27/8)^4/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #465007 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=465007\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Both the 27 and the 8 are cubes, so I suspect you did not write the expression that you want evaluated.  I will evaluate exactly what you wrote:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28-27%2F8%29%5E4%29%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28-27%2F8%29%5E4%29%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the neg. rational number to fourth power; and then divided by 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Did you really mean, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-27%2F8%29%5E%284%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-27%2F8%29%5E%284%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Easier to do the cube root process first, and then do the exponentiation by 4.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=81%2F16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"81%2F16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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