document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=6947>Question 6947</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me evaluate this expression when x= -2 and y= 3. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x-y)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I did this two different ways and one time i got -10 and the other time i got 50. i don't know which to distribute first, the 2 or the exponent. thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "this now says 2 multiplied by the square of -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon. </SPAN>\n" );
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