document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127837>Question 127837</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This problem is similar to the one I posted earlier. The fraction bar confuses me. I have no trouble solving problems like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^5(6)^-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The worksheet from McDougal Littell A;gebra 1 Lesson 8.2 Practice C is the one I'm workig on.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number 22.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8^-2/2^-4x^-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the bases are the same, add the exponents to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6^2 = 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8^-2/2^-4x^-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change all these bases to two:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2^-6/(2x)^-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (2x)^4/2^6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= x^4/2^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (1/4)x^4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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