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Originally Posted by TheDon
that makes no sense...
I can see it being negative if -(3)^2
but... (-3)^2 and -3^2....
-3*-3 aka -3^2=9
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By definition, -3^2 implies -(3)^2 because the operations of subtraction and addition are subservient to multiplication and division.
Therefore -3^2 gives a different result than (-3)^2.
Like I mentioned above, it's the parentheses that cause the result to change completely, depending on how they are utilized.