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Algebra.Com's Answer #538369 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "We want to make the exponent of a become 1.  To do that we raise\r\n" );
document.write( "both sides to the  power, the reciprocal of the power\r\n" );
document.write( "to which a is now raised to:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply those exponents and get a to the 1 power:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's technically the answer but we need to simplify it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply those exponents:  \r\n" );
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