SOLUTION: If m is negative are the following statement true: square m^2 = m and square m^6 =m^3

SOLUTION: If m is negative are the following statement true: square m^2 = m and square m^6 =m^3

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Question 356960: If m is negative are the following statement true:
square m^2 = m
and
square m^6 =m^3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answer is no. Ex: If , then

. So this means that the left side of is 1 but the right side is negative 1. So which means that when

The same idea applies to
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