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Algebra.Com's Answer #610667 by Edwin McCravy(20054) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "We could differentiate it as a quotient but it's a \r\n" );
document.write( "little easier to first turn it into a product:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A clever trick we often play here is to factor out the smallest exponent, the\r\n" );
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document.write( "When we factor the  power out of the  power what's left inside is \r\n" );
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document.write( "We factor  out:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We write the negative exponent in the bottom as a positive exponent:\r\n" );
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