Question

what is the answer to -2 with an exponent of 4?

Answer 1

did you mean -2^4???
without parenthesis, it's -16
with parenthesis it's 16

Answer 2

thank you. its not in parentheses. but how did you get that?

Answer 3

-2^4 = -(2)(2)(2)(2) = -16

Answer 4

oh okay! thanks!