SOLUTION: I'm really confused with this problem - please help Simplify the expression; making sure there are no negative exponents (6r^-1)^2 (2r^-4) ----------- ------ r^-5 (r^2)^-3

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: I'm really confused with this problem - please help
Simplify the expression; making sure there are no negative exponents
(6r^-1)^2 (2r^-4)
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r^-5 (r^2)^-3 This question is from textbook

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simplify:

Recall that when you raise one power to another power, you multiply the exponents, so let's do that first.
Now we'll multiply the factors in the numerator. Remember to add the exponents.
Cancel the leaving:
Now, using the fact that: we end up with:

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