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document.write( "Find the value of x:\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( "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( "The exponent of x is now just 1, right?\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( "Divide both sides by 3\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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