document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=888110>Question 888110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here is the problem: (4a^2b^3)^-2 (2ab^-1)^3/(a^3b)^-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The steps I use are: (4^-2a^-4b^-6)(2^3^-3)/(a^-12b^-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Flip the negatives: (a^12b^4)(8)/16a^4b^6b^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and I get: 8a^8/16b^5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but the book say the correct answer is a^11/2b^5 </SPAN>\n" );
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