document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093308>Question 1093308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to simplify the following in steps. Pretty please.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3u^5v^4)^5(2u^4v^5)^-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "=(3u^5v^4)^5/(2u^4v^5)^3, by moving it to the denominator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Raise each term in the numerator to the 5th power<BR>\n" );
document.write( "243u^25*v^20/8u^12*v^15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can't reduce 243/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u^25/u^12 is u^13, change the sign of the exponent when it crosses the fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v^20/v^15=v^5, same thing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the result is (243u^13*v^5)/8 </SPAN>\n" );
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