document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=66395>Question 66395</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> multiply:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3a^2b      14a^3b^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "35a^5        -9b^4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If this was simpler I could figure it out, but with so many letters in it I have just become lost! Thank you for the help!!!!\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 #47099 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=47099\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Multiply:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28-3a%5E2b%29%2F35a%5E5%29%2A%28%2814a%5E3b%5E2%29%2F-9b%5E4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28-3a%5E2b%29%2F35a%5E5%29%2A%28%2814a%5E3b%5E2%29%2F-9b%5E4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Ok, let's take it one step at-a-time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First look at the numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you see that you can cancel a -3 in the numerator of the first fraction and the -9 in the denominator of the second fraction, leaving a 3 in the denominator of the second fraction?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28a%5E2b%29%2F%2835a%5E5%29%29%2A%28%2814a%5E3b%5E2%29%2F%283b%5E4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28a%5E2b%29%2F%2835a%5E5%29%29%2A%28%2814a%5E3b%5E2%29%2F%283b%5E4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now do you see that the 14 and the 35 are both divisible by 7? Then let's divide them by 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28a%5E2b%2F5a%5E5%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28a%5E2b%2F5a%5E5%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now we can look at the variables, a and b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Remember the rules for dividing factors with exponents?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the base is the same (in this case, the bases are a and b), you subtract the exponents. Let's do the a's first and see what we get!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28a%5E%282-2%29b%2F5a%5E%285-2%29%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28a%5E%282-2%29b%2F5a%5E%285-2%29%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplifying this a bit and remembering that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E0+=+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E0+=+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28b%2F5a%5E3%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28b%2F5a%5E3%29%2A%282a%5E3b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now we can do the same thing with the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28b%2F5%29%2A%282b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28b%2F5%29%2A%282b%5E2%2F3b%5E4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now do the b's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28b%2F5%29%2A%282%2F3b%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28b%2F5%29%2A%282%2F3b%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Finally, cancel the b's and simplify.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F5%29%2A%282%2F3b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F5%29%2A%282%2F3b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F15b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F15b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...and there it is! </SPAN>\n" );
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