SOLUTION: Please show how this problem is worked out step by step. Thanks (-a^2b/2b^-1)^3

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Question 794433: Please show how this problem is worked out step by step. Thanks
(-a^2b/2b^-1)^3
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-a^2b/2b^-1)^3
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Work from the inside to the outside::
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= (-a^2*b^2/2)^3
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= (-1/8)a^6*b^6
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OR
= (-1/8)(ab)^6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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