document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=773643>Question 773643</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help!!! Please! (-4-3) exponet 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First start by solving what is inside the parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-4-3)=-7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-7%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-7%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the same as (-7)x(-7). Since a negative times a negative is positive, the answer is 49. </SPAN>\n" );
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