document.write( "Question 186031: -[-(-1)^15]\r
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document.write( "I tried to put this problem in the triple curly braces but it said it was a bad expression, so I hope you can still understand it.\r
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document.write( "I not even sure how to read this problem let alone solve it. Please show your work so I can understand.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #139507 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "-[-(-1)15]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "We work it from the inside out:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "First we do only the part I have colored red below:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-[-(-1)15]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " (-1)15 is (-1), so now instead of\r\n" ); document.write( " (-1)15, we have just (-1), so the expression\r\n" ); document.write( " is now \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-[-(-1)]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we do only the part I have colored blue below:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-[-(-1)]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " -(-1) is just +1, so the expression is now\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-[ +1 ]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "And this is just\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " -1\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |