SOLUTION: Please explain why it is that -3^4=-81(a negitive number), yet, -(3)^4=81, a positive number. Is it because 2 negitives= a positive?

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Question 134482: Please explain why it is that -3^4=-81(a negitive number),
yet, -(3)^4=81, a positive number.
Is it because 2 negitives= a positive?
Answer by carter6949(26) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
they both equal -81 recalculate the problems.
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