SOLUTION: How do you simplify (-2)squared+5(-7)

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Question 573006: How do you simplify (-2)squared+5(-7)
Answer by anomis(18) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-2)^2 + 5*(-7) if this is the expression you have to simplify then the solution is :
(-2)*(-2) + 5*(-7) = 4 - 35 = -31