SOLUTION: Please help me determine what I am doing wrong while trying to simplify this expression: -(-y)^2(y)^2 (y)^2(y)^2 y^4

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Question 487048: Please help me determine what I am doing wrong while trying to simplify this expression:
-(-y)^2(y)^2
(y)^2(y)^2
y^4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Answer is really -y%5E4. You lost a negative in the beginning there.