document.write( "Question 907750: Simplify each expression and express answer with positive exponents
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document.write( "Multiply the two -2 exponents and get a +4 exponent\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide top and bottom by 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract exponents of x getting  in the bottom\r\n" );
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document.write( "Give the 4 an exponent of 1:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the inner exponents 1 and 3 by the outer exponent 4\r\n" );
document.write( "and  = 1\r\n" );
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