2 years ago

Could you explain why the answer 125 was supposed to be negative while my answer 81 was correct?

Mathematics

1 answer:

hichkok12 [17]2 years ago

5 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Realize what (-5)^3 means

(-5)(-5)(-5)

25(-5)

-125

meanwhile

(-9)^2 is

(-9)(-9)

Basically a negative times a negative is always positive, but when a negative number is cubed (or raised to any odd exponent for that matter) the product will be negative.

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