How do you simplify $- 6 q^{- 2}$ $-6q^-2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-26T18:31:20

$- 6 q^{- 2} = - \frac{6}{q^{2}}$ $-6q^-2 = -6/q^2$

in this case, note that only the $q$ $q$ is raised to negative index of 2.

Recall: $x^{- m} = \frac{1}{x^{m}}$ $x^-m = 1/x^m$

$- 6 q^{- 2} = - \frac{6}{q^{2}}$ $-6q^-2 = -6/q^2$

Everything else stays the same, only the negative index is changed.

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