2006-11-16 17:13:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
break it down like this:
-4 - (-3) = -1 why? b/c when you subtract a negative it becomes a positive b/c the two negatives get canceled out: -4 + 3 = -1 Now you take (-1)^2 or you can look at it like this: (-1) * (-1) = 1 Whenever you multiply two negatives, once again the negative gets canceled out. The answer is (+1) or 1. Hope it's helpful b/c you can't just say an answer w/out being able to explain how you got there-and calculators are sometimes not allowed ;-)
2006-11-16 17:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by cjb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-16 17:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by fulaien 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
(-4+3) squared
(-1) squared.
= 1.
2006-11-16 17:18:35 · answer #3 · answered by Yvonne Mystic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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(-4-(-3) = 1 1^2 = 1
2006-11-16 17:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by Justin V 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
(-4-(-3)^2) = -13
look at it this way
(-3)^2 means (-3)(-3) = 9 now put it back in the equation
-4 - 9 = -13
OR
Do you mean
(-4- (-3))^2 Remember Order of Operations do in ( ) first
( -1 ) ^ 2 = 1 This means (-1)(-1) = 1
2006-11-16 17:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋