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Algebra.Com's Answer #536415 by Edwin McCravy(20063) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "I'm not sure what you're asking.  Apparently it's got something\r\n" );
document.write( "to do with the laws of exponents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you get it from those examples?  If not tell me about it in the\r\n" );
document.write( "thank-you note form, and I'll get back to you.  It will help if you\r\n" );
document.write( "can use letters instead of #'s.  Does the GRE guestion have #'s, and\r\n" );
document.write( "do all the #'s refer to the same number or different numbers?\r\n" );
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document.write( "BTW, I just do this as a hobby, and I do not charge anybody any money,\r\n" );
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