document.write( "Question 1144052: could -2 be used as a base to rewrite 32?64? why or why not \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #765044 by ikleyn(52908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "    Is it possible to write from right to left,\r\n" );
document.write( "    but to read still from left to right ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Yes, it is possible, if the reader will use a mirror to read the text, written in this way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    One can write  64 =   and  even  32 = ,  \r\n" );
document.write( "    but if this \"one\" will say that he uses (-2) as the base in exponential expressions, based on given examples, then\r\n" );
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document.write( "    other people will consider him as a heavily ill person.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, in my view, it is much better do not ask such a question (such questions) (even as a joke),
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