and 9 are the squares of, respectively,
and 3.
So, using

we have

Each coin will either land as a head or a tail. - 2 possible results.
for 5 coins its 2*2*2*2*2 = 32 different results.
So, the negative would be divided out to make it 3, then square both sides to get rid of the square root and get 9, then subtract 15 and you get -6. <span />