SOLUTION: how do you solve this -5^2 compared to(-5)^2 if there are no parenthesis around the number and the negetive, does the negetive sign get squared?

SOLUTION: how do you solve this -5^2 compared to(-5)^2 if there are no parenthesis around the number and the negetive, does the negetive sign get squared?

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Question 137183: how do you solve this -5^2 compared to(-5)^2
if there are no parenthesis around the number and the negetive, does the negetive sign get squared?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-5^2 compared to(-5)^2
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-5^2 = -5*5 = -25
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(-5)^2 = (-5)(-5) = 25
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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