document.write( "Question 1018906: 9m^7/3m^5n
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\n" ); document.write( "Question:
\n" ); document.write( "9m^7/3m^5n
\n" ); document.write( "Is the answer 3m^2/n as a fraction or is the answer 3m^2n?
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\n" ); document.write( "Solution:
\n" ); document.write( "It depends on how the question was written.
\n" ); document.write( "If the question was written as:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%289m%5E7%29%2F%283m%5E5n%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "then 9m^7/3m^5=3m^2, and the answer is therefore 3m^2/n.
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\n" ); document.write( "However, the way the question is written (on the same line), then the evaluation is left-to-right, so the n is multiplied after the division by 3m^5, and is therefore equivalent to:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%289m%5E7%29%2F%283m%5E5%29%2An\"$ and the answer is 3m^2n. \n" ); document.write( "

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