document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142860>Question 142860</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -9^2/(-2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(PS: Please show how you worked it out.  I have been having mojor problems with these kinds of questions.  Thanks.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103956 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fruglemiester1234><B>Fruglemiester1234(13)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fruglemiester1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103956\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For this one you've really got to be careful with your signs and squares.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Heres the key:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -9 * -9 = 81....that little 2 next to the nine only means your times -9 by itself twice. Then you've got to remember that 2 negatives multipylied together equals a positive. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -2 * -2 = 4...same thing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You end up with 81/4, which sadly is a decimal (20.25)..I really do like it much better when its a whole #...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As a math student you should really get to know your square root numbers really well. 4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100,121,144....and so on. </SPAN>\n" );
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