Justification of exponent laws

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How is the following operation justified? Specifically, what happens to the $4^n$ in the numerator. I tried looking online but could not determine how this was justified. Thanks.



$$dfrac(-3)^n-14^n= dfrac14cdot left(-dfrac34right)^n-1$$










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    How is the following operation justified? Specifically, what happens to the $4^n$ in the numerator. I tried looking online but could not determine how this was justified. Thanks.



    $$dfrac(-3)^n-14^n= dfrac14cdot left(-dfrac34right)^n-1$$










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      How is the following operation justified? Specifically, what happens to the $4^n$ in the numerator. I tried looking online but could not determine how this was justified. Thanks.



      $$dfrac(-3)^n-14^n= dfrac14cdot left(-dfrac34right)^n-1$$










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      How is the following operation justified? Specifically, what happens to the $4^n$ in the numerator. I tried looking online but could not determine how this was justified. Thanks.



      $$dfrac(-3)^n-14^n= dfrac14cdot left(-dfrac34right)^n-1$$







      exponential-function






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          The $4^n$ is in the denominator.



          It becomes $4cdot 4^n-1$



          The $4^n-1$ is then combined with the $(-3)^n-1$ in the numerator.






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          The $4^n$ is in the denominator.



          It becomes $4cdot 4^n-1$



          The $4^n-1$ is then combined with the $(-3)^n-1$ in the numerator.






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          The $4^n$ is in the denominator.



          It becomes $4cdot 4^n-1$



          The $4^n-1$ is then combined with the $(-3)^n-1$ in the numerator.






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          • @N.F.Taussig: thank you for the $$ $
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          The $4^n$ is in the denominator.



          It becomes $4cdot 4^n-1$



          The $4^n-1$ is then combined with the $(-3)^n-1$ in the numerator.






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          The $4^n$ is in the denominator.



          It becomes $4cdot 4^n-1$



          The $4^n-1$ is then combined with the $(-3)^n-1$ in the numerator.







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