SOLUTION: m= -6, What is -2m^2 ? it is either 72 or -72, do you square just the 6 or do you square the negative which makes it a positive number?

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Question 222903: m= -6, What is -2m^2 ?
it is either 72 or -72, do you square just the 6 or do you square the negative which makes it a positive number?

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Break it into pieces.



John


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