You can go overboard with the parentheses. In this case, there's no confusion if you just write
1/x = 2/x^2
so,
x/x^2 = 2/x^2
x = 2
check:
1/2 = 2/4 yes
Solve. Check your answer.
1. ((1)/(x)) = ((2)/(x^2))
A: x = 2
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