document.write( "Question 77076: Simplify each of the following expressions. Write your answers with positive exponents only.
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document.write( "In the first factor on top, multiply the inner \r\n" );
document.write( "exponment 2 by the outer exponent -3, getting \r\n" );
document.write( "an exponent of -6  On the bottom, multiply the \r\n" );
document.write( "inner exponent 2 by the outer exponent -4,\r\n" );
document.write( "getting an exponent of -8\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the exponents of x on top\r\n" );
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document.write( "These cancel so the answer is 1\r\n" );
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