Simplify -x/(x^2)

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

Step 1

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

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

Step 2

Factor $x$ out of $x^{1}$ .

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

Step 3

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $x$ out of $x^{2}$ .

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

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

$- \frac{1}{x}$

$- \frac{1}{x}$

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