document.write( "Question 1206799: Find the value of X,
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Algebra.Com's Answer #844547 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Find the value of x:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28X%5E2021+%2B+X%5E2021+%2B+X%5E2021%29%2FX%5E2020\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"30\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You see that all 3 terms in the numerator are the same, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%283%2AX%5E2021%29%2FX%5E2020\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"30\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You know that to divide exponentials with the same base we subtract their\r\n" );
document.write( "exponents and keep the same base, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we subtract the exponents 2021-2020, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3%2AX%5E%282021-2020%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"30\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The exponent of x is now just 1, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3%2AX%5E1\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"30\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We don't have write a 1 exponent, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3%2AX\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"30\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"10\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "So your question was \"What happened to the 2020 exponent in the denominator\"? \r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is that it got subtracted from the exponent 2021 in the numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "and that left an exponent of only 1.\r\n" );
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