Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-2" was replaced by "^(-2)".

Step  1  :

 1.1     10 = 2•5

(10)^-2 = (2•5)^(-2) = (2)^(-2) • (5)^(-2)

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  25 • ((2)(-2)•(5)(-2))

Step  2  :

Canceling Out :

 2.1      Canceling out  5² as it appears on both sides of the fraction line

Final result :

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  — = 0.25000 
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