SOLUTION: What is the simplified solution to -2^2-(-2)^3? And what are the steps?

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Question 237328: What is the simplified solution to -2^2-(-2)^3? And what are the steps?
Answer by eggsarecool(46) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am assuming you did not lose any parentheses. So this has to do with order of operations.
-2%5E2-%28-2%29%5E3 parentheses take precedence over everything and then exponents take precedence over multiplication and subtraction.
For the first term you square first and then multiply.
But for %28-2%29%5E3 you have to cube -2 before multiplying by -1.
So we have -2%2A2-%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29=-4-%28-8%29=-4%2B8=4