document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=216944>Question 216944</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> True or False<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For any real number a, (-a)squared  = -asquared  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For any real number a, (-a)squared = -asquared <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One counterexample disproves it.<BR>\n" );
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