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if a number is multiplied to a power like 5^2 it means 5 times itself that many times. Therefore if it is 5^-2, it is the opposite of 5^2 so one does the opposite of multiplying exponentially and divides exponentially.
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Why does a calculator say that -6 to the power of 2 equals 36 when negative times negative equals a positive number?
Exactly! -6 to the power of 2 means "-6 times -6". That's a negative times a negative, and the answer is positive 36.
What is negative one to the power of 4 equal?
-1 to the power of four equals -1 times -1 times -1 times -1. -1 times -1 equals 1 (since a negative times a negative equals a positive). (1 to the power of 2) 1 times -1 equals -1 (since a negative times a positive equals a negative). (1 to the power of 3) -1 times -1 equals 1. (1 to the power of 4)
What is 5 times -2?
7
Negative plus a negative positive?
nope negative plus negative equals a negative -2+(-4)=-6 but negative times negative equals a positive
What is negative to times negative two?
Negative times negative is positive. Negative 2 times negative 2 equals positive 4.
Negative x to the second power plus positive x to the second power equals what?
It equals 0. * * * * * Unless the question is (-x)2 + (+x)2. In that case, the answer is 2x2
What does Negative nineteen plus positive seventeen equals?
negative 2
What is negative plus positive?
It depends on the magnitude of the negative and positive values. Equal magnitudes equal zero. -2 + 2 = 0 Larger negative number than positive number equals a negative number. -3 + 2 = -1 Smaller negative number than positive number equals a positive number. -2 + 3 = 1
What does 5 to negative 2 power equal?
it equals 1/25, or 0.04. A number to a negative power is the reciprocal of the number to that same positive power. x^(-y) = 1/(x^y)
What is negative 64 divided by 32?
2
What is an example of why a negative times a negative equals a positive?
(-2) * (-3) = +6
What is negative two times negative two?
positive two whoever wrote positive 2 is wrong and most likely intoxicated or below 10 years old..the answer is really positive 4. 2 times two equals four and negative times negative equals positive..positive 4
