document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=976134>Question 976134</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (4x to the -3) (z) divided by (2 to the -2)(y to the 4)(w to the -2) = ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is supposed to be (16w squared)(z) divided by (x cubed)(y to the 4th)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For step 1, I remove the negative exponents and get: (z)/(4x cubed) divided by (y to the 4th) / (4w squared). \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For step 2, I invert the denominator and multiply the following: (z)/(4x cubed) times (4w squared / (y to the 4th).  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After this I'm making an error because I'm not getting to the coefficient of 16 in the numerator and 1 in the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you in advance for any help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Helen<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{\left(4x^{-3}\right)(z)}{2^{-2}y^4w^{-2}}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And you assert that this is equal to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{\frac{z}{4x^3}}{\frac{y^4}{4w^2}}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why did you put the factor of 4 that was in the original numerator into a denominator?  There is no negative exponent on that coefficient.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4x^{-3}\ \not =\ \left(4x\right)^{-3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try it again with this fact in mind and see what happens.  Write back if you are still having difficulty.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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