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document.write( "1. Make sure every factor has an exponent.\r\n" );
document.write( "So we give 3 and 5 an exponent of 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. multiply every exponent inside the parentheses \r\n" );
document.write( "by the exponent just outside the paretheses and\r\n" );
document.write( "remove the parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We get all the exponents positive by moving every\r\n" );
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document.write( "to the top or from the top to the bottom. Leave\r\n" );
document.write( "the factors with positive exponents where they \r\n" );
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document.write( "Add exponents of factors with the same base.\r\n" );
document.write( "Write 54 as 125 and 34 as 81. \r\n" );
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