document.write( "Question 75098: 2^31*4^31*5^62*7^31*8^93=y\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #53951 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"2%5E31%2A4%5E31%2A5%5E62%2A7%5E31%2A8%5E93=y\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that all the exponents are multiples\r\n" );
document.write( "of 31.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the \"62\" power as \"2%2A31\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and write the \"93\" power as \"3%2A31\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"2%5E31%2A4%5E31%2A5%5E%282%2A31%29%2A7%5E31%2A8%5E%283%2A31%29=y\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now write the \"5%5E%282%2A31%29\" as \"%285%5E2%29%5E31\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and write the \"8%5E%283%2A31%29\" as \"%288%5E3%29%5E31\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+2%5E31%2A4%5E31%2A%285%5E2%29%5E31%2A7%5E31%2A%288%5E3%29%5E31=y+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now write the \"5%5E2\" as \"25\"\r\n" );
document.write( "and write the \"8%5E3\" as \"512\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+2%5E31%2A4%5E31%2A25%5E31%2A7%5E31%2A512%5E31=y+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since all factors are raised to the 31 power,\r\n" );
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document.write( "we can write the above as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+%282%2A4%2A25%2A7%2A512%29%5E31=y+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then finally multiply the numbers in the\r\n" );
document.write( "parentheses and you end up with\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+%28102400%29%5E31=y+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"102400%5E31=y\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and you would just leave the answer like\r\n" );
document.write( "that because that number written out\r\n" );
document.write( "would have hundreds of digits.\r\n" );
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