Simplify (2)/(\sqrt(x))x^(-1). Write your answer in the form ax^(n) without using radicals.
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Recall that \(\sqrt{x} = x^{1/2}\). Therefore, we can rewrite the expression as: \[ \frac{2}{x^{1/2}} x^{-1} \] Show more…
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