document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014033>Question 1014033</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify (-3a^3b^2)(4ab)/ 2a^7b in at least TWO ways. Explain each step. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please help me with this and can you add the steps because they will help me figure out what I am doing wrong.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st:: [-3a^3b^2*4ab]/(2a^7b)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= [-12a^4b^3]/(2a^7b)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -6b^2/a^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd:: (-3a^3b^2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -3a^3b^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -6b^2/a^3<BR>\n" );
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