Can someone explain this inequality transformation

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I have seen this transformation but am not sure what laws are applied to achieve it.

$$ \frac{1}{2^{n+1}} \leq 10^{-6} \Rightarrow2^{n+1} \geq 10^6. $$

I feel it is related to $x^{-1} = \frac{1}{x}$ and hence removing the negative exponents from both sides flips the inequality?

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Multiplying by $2^{n+1}>0$ and $10^6>0$ we get $$10^6\le 2^{n+1}$$

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Multiply by $2^{n+1}$ to get $$1\le10^{-6}\cdot2^{n+1}$$ Then divide by $10^{-6}$ to get $$10^6\le2^{n+1}$$ Note that the inequality will not flip because $2^{n+1}$ and $10^{-6}$ are both positive.