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Question 3374: what is the answer with a positive 2 to the -3rd power
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Question 5233: how you divide monomials by monomials?
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Question 5385: what are these types of problems called, and how do you do them. Are their ny links you can refer me too. 5^(6-x) or like 5^(x/3) things of this nature and some more complex. thanks
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Question 5702: 5/y = -20
Y=
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Question 5785: (-2005)^392 -13
{ ___________}
- 2005 ^392

I say -1 and other say 1 what is true
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Question 6189: solve -8(x-3)+12x=15-(2x+3)
-8*x+24+12*x=15-2*x-3
6x+12
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Question 6189: solve -8(x-3)+12x=15-(2x+3)
-8*x+24+12*x=15-2*x-3
6x+12
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Question 6474: how do you do operations with monomials?
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Question 6516: y eqauls x to the second power plus 6x plus 8
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Question 6592:
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Question 6694: (2^-2+2)^2
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Question 7260: I am tutoring myself over the summer to go into Algebra. i am on the chapter exponents. i understand exponents and bases but i dont understand this: (xy to the 2nd power)to the 3rd power = xy � y � xy � y � xy � y = x to the 3rd power times y to the sixth power.
Why is y broken up and why does it suggest this rule: Raise each factor to the power and then use the rule of exponents for multiplication?
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Question 7372: can you answer this question?
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Question 8009: please help me solve this equation : (2x^3-3x^2-18x-8)/(x-4)
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Question 8107: This is a bonus question for my algebra class, Is there a special name for x to the fourth power?
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Question 8223: what is 4 multiplied by itself 100 times? =1.6069380442589902755419620923412e+60
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Question 8517: I do not understand why -3� = -9 when (-3)� = 9
I know a negative times a negative equals a positive. So how can -3x-3= -9?

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Question 8517: I do not understand why -3� = -9 when (-3)� = 9
I know a negative times a negative equals a positive. So how can -3x-3= -9?

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Question 8511: How would you solve -(125/27)^-(1/3)?
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Question 9060: (-m) to the 2/3. Is that the square root of negative m to the third, or the cube root of negative m squared?
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Question 9088: The ratio of spaniels to poodles at teh dog show was 5 to 7. If there were 35 spaniels at the dog show, how many poodles werw there?(Use a ratio box) P.S. thank you for the help.
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Question 10134: 16/the cubed root of 16
so sixteen divided by the cubed root of sixteen
thanks i would really appericiate it. i have been working on it for about 2 hrs now.
sorry wrong email the first time its capl3147@student.tamut.edu
capl is the first four letters of my last name caple
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Question 10205: How do you write 33,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 in letters?, not in numbers.

Thank you,

Deborah Rivera

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Question 10327: 3( 2.7� 0.9) - 5
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Question 11240: how do u evaluate an expression like 2 to the 3rd power times 3 -5 times 5 to the 2nd power plus 8
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Question 11501: Can someone please help me with this problem I have been working on it all day.
Multiply
(x-2)(3x-6)(x+3)
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Question 11501: Can someone please help me with this problem I have been working on it all day.
Multiply
(x-2)(3x-6)(x+3)
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Question 12480: How do we simplify 8 to thee 1/3 power? This is the problem I am currently working on so if you could give me a different example that is explained and answered I would be pleased! thankyou
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Question 12575: how do you simplify fractions that are squared?
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Question 12777: what is the answer to(3y^2)(2y^3)
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Question 13121: 250 divided [5(3 times 7 plus 4)]
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Question 13196: Problem solving extending charts!
1. Find the number of full 8 hr. shifts that Maria worked last month
(1) She worked twice as many 6 hr. shifts as 8 hr. shifts.
(2) She worked a total of 280 hrs.
Then you make a chart One column is 6h shifts the other is 8 h shifts. The first row is Hrs. Per shift x Number of shifts = Total hrs. worked.
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Question 13117: How would you solve for R in this equation:
(.85)(1+R)^5 -.15 = (1+.75R)^5
3.15
Thanks.
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Question 14286: X(1/3)/X = 1/X(2/3) but what is the way you get that answer?
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Question 14436: if a^x=b is it possible to express x in terms of a & b?
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Question 15795: Please help me solve this equation, I've worked on it for several hours and I am not sure about the answer.
(1 2/13)^-2 (3/4)^0 (5/6)^-1
Thank you, much appreciated.

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Question 16044:

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Question 16388: What does 1n means
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Question 16611: How do I isolate an exponent in an equation to calculate it? For example the following compound interest equation; if I wanted to isolate t (time in years) how would I do that? Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

A=P(1+r/n)^nt
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Question 16666: Hi, could you please tell me if I got this answer right? Thanks, here's the equation: (x^2 + 4x +5)(x^2 + x - 2), x=-3.
I didn't know how to do exponets on the computer so the ^ sign is for the exponets.
This is what I got and need to know if its right: 224
Thank you sOOo much!!!
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Question 17473: i am in grade 10 and having some difficulty simplifying certain expressions! here is one of the equations that i am asked to simplify.please explain step by step (thanx for your help in advance GJ!!.( I AM ASKED ONLY TO SIMPLIFY NOT TO SOLVE) I HOPE I HAVE TYPED THE EQUATION PROPERLY.

4x^2y^3
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Question 18130: The sum of two integers is 25. The difference of their squares is 275. Find the two integers.
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Question 18307: (y^3y^-2)/(y^-5y)

^^whats the answer? I tried doing it a million times :/

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