Question

Explain the differnce between -3^4 and (-3)^4​

Answer 1

Answer:

${ - 3}^{4} = - (3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3) \\ {( - 3)}^{4} = ( - 3 \times - 3 \times - 3 \times - 3)$

Answer 2

The difference is that (-3)^4 has a negative 3 with parenthesis around it, which means that if it was in PEMDAS, you would work that out first.