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weeeeeb [17]
3 years ago
12

Why does -2 to the second power equal -4 but (-2) to the second power equals 4?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Kruka [31]3 years ago
6 0
Your final answer would be 4
kirza4 [7]3 years ago
3 0
In -2^2 since the negative sign is not in parentheses you would solve it as 2×2=4 and then have the negative sign so it would be -4. With the parentheses you are saying that the term you are squaring is (-2) and two negatives make a positive so it would be (-2)×(-2)= 4.
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