document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=137183>Question 137183</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve this -5^2 compared to(-5)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if there are no parenthesis around the number and the negetive, does the negetive sign get squared? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-5^2 = -5*5 = -25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-5)^2 = (-5)(-5) = 25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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