SOLUTION: -[-(-1)^15] I tried to put this problem in the triple curly braces but it said it was a bad expression, so I hope you can still understand it. I not even sure how to read thi

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Question 186031: -[-(-1)^15]
I tried to put this problem in the triple curly braces but it said it was a bad expression, so I hope you can still understand it.
I not even sure how to read this problem let alone solve it. Please show your work so I can understand.
Thank you

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

-[-(-1)15]

We work it from the inside out:

First we do only the part I have colored red below:

-[-(-1)15]



   (-1)15 is (-1), so now instead of
   (-1)15, we have just (-1), so the expression
   is now  



-[-(-1)]

Now we do only the part I have colored blue below:

-[-(-1)]



   -(-1) is just +1, so the expression is now



-[ +1  ]

And this is just

    -1

Edwin