SOLUTION: Write using positive exponents, and simplify if possible. {{{(-3x)^-2}}} How do I solve this kind of problem? My answer is {{{9x^-2}}} is this correct?

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Question 93847: Write using positive exponents, and simplify if possible.

How do I solve this kind of problem? My answer is is this correct?

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, checkley75:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember if you have something like the negative exponent tells you to invert the base, so it becomes

So that means becomes . Now square the denominator to get

Answer by checkley75(3666)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-3X)^-2
1/(-3X)^2
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