Question

I need help with this question

Answer 1

I just had a test on this, lol

this is actually pretty easy.

do you know what an exponent is? the exponent here is 5. that means you do 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2. because its two to the fifth power.

so that would equal 32.

since there is a negative sign, its -2 × -2 × -2 × -2 × -2

the answer would be negative two, because the exponent is an odd number.

here is an easy trick:
whenever the exponent in these type of problems is odd, the answer is negative.
if its an even number, the answer is positive.

why???? because a negative times a negative is a positive, and a positive times a negative is a negative.

so once again, your answer is -32.

hope i helped !!!

Answer 2

The answer for this he question is -32 because -2^2 is 4 and 4^2 is 16. Finally 16•-2 is -32