document.write( "Question 861380: Can you help me to simplify these two negative exponents.\r
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document.write( "Consider it to have a denominator of 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get a factor with a negative exponent positive, move base \r\n" );
document.write( "and exponent from the numerator to the denominator, (or vice-versa)\r\n" );
document.write( "and change the exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We move the d-2 from numerator to denominator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the negative exponent to positive and we have d2\r\n" );
document.write( "in the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We move the e-1 from numerator to denominator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the negative exponent to positive and we have e1\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can eliminate the 1's, leaving them understood:\r\n" );
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document.write( "6x³y⁻²z²\r\n" );
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document.write( "Consider it to have a denominator of 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We move the y-2 from numerator to denominator and\r\n" );
document.write( "change the negative exponent to positive and we have y2\r\n" );
document.write( "in the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Eliminate the 1 understood:\r\n" );
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