document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=565341>Question 565341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please tell me if I'm working this out right..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            First I did what was in []...  (-2*-2)-2|-2= (4)-2|-2|= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          Is that right so far?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      Then I took the numerator.. -2*-2= 4     So, now it's 4/ 2-2*0= 4/0 or 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   Am I even close? It's been a very long time since I learned this stuff. I only hope you're seeing the equation as I am. Thanks for your help.     </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "first... your [] works out like, (-2)^2 - 2*|-2|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                  4 - 2*(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                  4-4= 0 so yes, that part is right. But you also have 2-2 multiplied by whatever is in your []. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                  2-2*(0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                  2-0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                   2 this means your denominator is 2. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "then work out the numerator... (-2)^2 = 4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "now that you have your numerator and denominator your answer is 4/2 and in simplest form that's expressed as 2/1 or just 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "**use PEMDAS when doing equations.. multiply or divide BEFORE adding or subtracting. so you multiply 2 by [] then subtract that from 2.<BR>\n" );
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