SOLUTION: Please help simplify the following expression:[6x^3/3x^4]^2 I thought it was 4/x^2,but it isn't. Thank you kathy

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Question 94159: Please help simplify the following expression:[6x^3/3x^4]^2
I thought it was 4/x^2,but it isn't.
Thank you kathy
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simplify:
%286%2Ax%5E3%2F3x%5E4%29%5E2+=+%282%2Fx%29%5E2 = 4%2Fx%5E2
Now, unless the problem is not as you have written it, this is the answer!