document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122371>Question 122371</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131808540/algebrahomeworkh>prentice hall mathmatics algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> my teacher did not get to explain these kinds of problems before the bell rang.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this equation, # and & is what we must find.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^#/3b^&=b^3/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can you help explain this to me?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i started this but i think i got it all wrong. thank you sooo much!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "emma <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #89869 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=89869\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there is no \"a\" term on the right-hand side of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ the only way this can happen is if #=0 (a^0=1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ if # had any other value, there would be an \"a\" term on both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so you have 1/3b^&=b^3/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiplying by 3 clears the fractions __ b^&=b^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so &=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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