document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237328>Question 237328</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the simplified solution to -2^2-(-2)^3? And what are the steps? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #174519 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=eggsarecool><B>eggsarecool(46)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=eggsarecool><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=174519\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am assuming you did not lose any parentheses. So this has to do with order of operations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%5E2-%28-2%29%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%5E2-%28-2%29%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > parentheses take precedence over everything and then exponents take precedence over multiplication and subtraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the first term you square first and then multiply.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-2%29%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-2%29%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you have to cube <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > before multiplying by -1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%2A2-%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29=-4-%28-8%29=-4%2B8=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%2A2-%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29=-4-%28-8%29=-4%2B8=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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