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# Simplify the algebraic expression $-2\cdot \frac{1}{2}x^2x^{-\frac{1}{2}}$

## Step-by-step Solution

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## Step-by-step Solution

Problem to solve:

$-2x^2\cdot\frac{1}{2} x^{\left(-1\right)\cdot\frac{1}{2}}$

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Multiply $-2$ times $\frac{1}{2}$

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

Learn how to solve multiply powers of same base problems step by step online.

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

Learn how to solve multiply powers of same base problems step by step online. Simplify the algebraic expression -2x^2*1/2x^(-1/2). Multiply -2 times \frac{1}{2}. When multiplying exponents with same base we can add the exponents. Subtract the values 2 and -\frac{1}{2}.

$-\sqrt{x^{3}}$
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$-2x^2\cdot\frac{1}{2} x^{\left(-1\right)\cdot\frac{1}{2}}$