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Negatives and Parentheses

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1Negatives and Parentheses Empty Negatives and Parentheses Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:25 pm

JakeY


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Why is it that we assume that there are parentheses on the base of the exponent, example:

--32=-(-3)2

2Negatives and Parentheses Empty Re: Negatives and Parentheses Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:35 am

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because, if it was -(-3)^3 then that would be -(-27)=27, but for your example it is -(-3)^2=-(9)=-9

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