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document.write( "Indicate the exponent of 4 on top as 1, so\r\n" );
document.write( "every factor inside the parentheses will\r\n" );
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document.write( "To remove the parentheses on top, multiply\r\n" );
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document.write( "the outer exponent, 3:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get rid of the negative exponents, \r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Move the  from top to bottom\r\n" );
document.write( "   and change the  exponent from\r\n" );
document.write( "   negative to positive, so that we will have\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Move the  from bottom to top\r\n" );
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document.write( "   negative to positive, so that we will have\r\n" );
document.write( "    as a factor on the top.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To multiply the exponential factors in the \r\n" );
document.write( "top, add their exponents  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "and to multiply the exponential factors in \r\n" );
document.write( "the bottom, add their exponents  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now replace the  with \r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally divide the 64 and the 20 both by 4\r\n" );
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