document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1168696>Question 1168696</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 9^y = x, which of the following represents 9^y - 9^(y-3) :\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 1/ x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) 729x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D) 729/728 x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E) 728/729 x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the rest of the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I > Ø<BR>\n" );
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