Question 466247
To make a negative exponent positive, either move it up into the numerator,
or down into the denominator....opposite of where it currently is.


(3x)^-2


1
----- {moved it down into the denominator to make a positive exponent}
(3x)²


1
---- {took everything in parentheses to the 2nd power}
9x²
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