can someone please tell me the STEPS (Not just the answer, cause this doesn't make any sense to me) to simplifying this equation:

Question

(6x^-2)^2(0.5x)^4
thank you :)

Answer 1

6^2 = 36
x^-2 ^2 = x^-4
.5^4 = 1/2^4 = 1/16
x^4 = x^4
36/16 = ??????