Answer
$16x^{2}$
Work Step by Step
According to the definition of negative exponents, $a^{-n}=\frac{1}{a^{n}}$ (where $a\ne0$).
Therefore, $(\frac{1}{4x})^{-2}=\frac{1}{(\frac{1}{4x})^{2}}=(\frac{4x}{1})^{2}=\frac{4^{2}x^{2}}{1^{2}}=\frac{16x^{2}}{1}=16x^{2}$.