Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-1" was replaced by "^(-1)".

Step  1  :

 1.1     6 = 2•3

(6)^-1 = (2•3)^(-1) = (2)^(-1) • (3)^(-1)

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  12 • ((2)(-1)•(3)(-1))

Step  2  :

Dividing exponents :

 2.1    2²   divided by   2¹   = 2^{(2 - 1)} = 2¹ = 2

Canceling Out :

 2.2      Canceling out  3  as it appears on both sides of the fraction line

Final result :

  2