Simplifying with square roots?

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So, this is probably really simple...but I keep getting the wrong answer when trying to simplify this:

$$3\sqrt{\frac{(10x^3)^2}{(10x^6)^{-1}}}$$Could someone show the steps to simplifying it? Thanks so much. (:
 
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Hello, arroww!

[tex]\sqrt[3]{\frac{(10x^3)^2}{(10x^6)^{\text{-}1}}}[/tex]
Under the cube root, we have:

.[tex]\frac{(10x^3)^2}{(10x^6)^{\text{-}1}} \;=\; (10x^3)^2(10x^6)^1[/tex]

. . . [tex]=\;10^2\cdot x^6\cdot 10\cdot x^6 \;=\;10^3x^{12}[/tex]

Then: .[tex]\sqrt[3]{10^3x^{12}} \;=\;\left(10^3x^{12}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}[/tex]

. . . [tex]=\;\left(10^3\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}\left(x^{12} \right)^{\frac{1}{3}} \;=\;10x^4[/tex]