Simplify the Expression

question 239

Essay

Simplify the expression. An answer with exponents should contain positive exponents only.

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Definitions:

Protective Strategy

A method or approach designed to safeguard or defend against potential threats, dangers, or undesirable outcomes.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Repression

A defense mechanism where undesirable thoughts, feelings, or urges are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Super-Ego

In Freudian psychology, the part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.