Simplify (2-x)/(1/x)

$\frac{2 - x}{\frac{1}{x}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$(2 - x) x$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x - x \cdot x$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$2 x - (x \cdot x)$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$2 x - x^{2}$