document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=129507>Question 129507</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073268620/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have tried everything on this problem that I know to do. It involves a fraction and positive and negative exponents. Assume all variables represent positive real numbers. Write your answers with positive exponents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x^2 y^-3 z) ^1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^1/2 y z^-1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first I multiiplied everything on the top by the exponent outside the ()\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2/1*1/2, y^-3*1/2, z^1/2        =     x y^-3/2 z^1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^1/2 y z^-1/2                          x^1/2 y z^-1/2   This is where I get stuck<BR>\n" );
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