Question 229624
{{{(x^(1/2))^(-4)}}}
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To remove the parentheses, Multiply the 
inner exponent {{{1/2}}} by the outer exponent {{{-4}}}
and get the exponent {{{-2}}}, so you have:

{{{x^(-2)}}}

Now use the rule for making negative exponents positive,
by moving them from numerator to denominator like this,
leaving a {{{1}}} in the numerator when necessary to
hold the numerator, as in this case:

{{{1/(x^2)}}}

Edwin</pre>