Simplify x^-2*x

$x^{- 2} \cdot x$

Multiply $x^{- 2}$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Multiply $x^{- 2}$ by $x$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$x^{- 2} \cdot x^{1}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{- 2 + 1}$

Add $- 2$ and $1$ .

$x^{- 1}$

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{x}$