( -5) TWO SECOND POWER

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anonymous · Answer

please show work been out of school for 20 years . jus need a step by step example

amistre64 · Answer

a power tells us how many times we are going to multiply this number by itself to get our answer.

for example:  x^5 means x*x*x*x*x = x^5

(-5)^2  means (-5)(-5) = 25

If you had written -(5)^2  it would be asking for the opposite of (5)^2.

which would be the opposite if (5)(5) = -25

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much ; i really do appericated your

anonymous · Answer

help . now i feel like i can go on . thanks so much

amistre64 · Answer

trust me, if you know how to count to (1) the rest will come naturally :)

Math is an abstract art and so it needs to develop a language to describe the simple things we do in life and make then very complex.  But in the end, all you are doing is counting :)