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document.write( "No.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Odd exponents of -2 result in negative numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2)^5 = -32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no real number exponent -2 that results in +32.<BR>\n" );
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