What is the value of (-4^2)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (-16)
Without parentheses, the exponent is applied first, so (-4^2=-(4^2)=-16). Use parentheses for a negative base.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(-16)
Why is this the correct answer?
Without parentheses, the exponent is applied first, so (-4^2=-(4^2)=-16). Use parentheses for a negative base.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Polynomials. Topic: Operations on real numbers and the laws of exponents.
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