How do you simplify $6x^-2$ and write it using only positive exponents?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-31T17:42:45

Use this rule of exponents to simplify this expression: $x^color(red)(a) = 1/x^color(red)(-a)$

$6x^color(red)(-2) => 6/x^color(red)(- -2) => 6/x^2$

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