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What is -4^2? - Naixin - 2008-08-20
What is -4^2?
What is -4^2? - Bacon - 2008-08-20
16.
Almost legal.
What is -4^2? - randompeep - 2008-08-20
Is that math?
either 16 or -16. (depends on (-4)^2 or -(4^2)
What is -4^2? - Blankout - 2008-08-20
randompeep Wrote:Is that math?
either 16 or -16. (depends on (-4)^2 or -(4^2)
This thread is almost as random as you. :o
-4^2 = (-4)(-4) = (-1)(-1)(4)(4) = (1)(16) = (2)(8) = (2)(2)(4) = 4(2^2) = (2^2)(2^2) = (2)(2)(2)(2) =
^4 = ^2 x ^2 = 
^2 = = sadness :o
What is -4^2? - TomasLuther - 2008-08-20
As the way it is written, without brackets, the result is -16, because according to the PEMDAS rule, you start with the exponent 4^2 and then multiply by -1.
Remember that -4^2 = -(4^2) = -1(4^2) =/= (-4)^2
What is -4^2? - Magus - 2008-08-20
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What is -4^2? - Danny - 2008-08-20
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What is -4^2? - Mudkip - 2008-08-20
16
What is -4^2? - Gstatue - 2008-08-20
-4^2= -1(4)^2. By order of ops, 4^2=(-1)16= -16.
Lul.
What is -4^2? - Mudkip - 2008-08-21
gstatue Wrote:-4^2= -1(4)^2. By order of ops, 4^2=(-1)16= -16.
Lul.
-4 x -4 = 16
What is -4^2? - Dan - 2008-08-21
happy birthday naixin >_>
What is -4^2? - Naixin - 2008-08-21
Dan Wrote:happy birthday naixin >_>
LMFAO
I love the randomness in this thread xD
ty dan <3
What is -4^2? - psychopat - 2008-08-21
Without any brackets, -16. You're doing -1 * 4 * 4.
If it were (-4)^2, then it would be 16 because it's -4 * -4.
What is -4^2? - TomasLuther - 2008-08-21
Mudkip Wrote:-4 x -4 = 16
The TS never put brackets around the -4, therefore it's not negative 4.
-4^2 = (-1)(4^2) = (-1)(16) = -16
(-4)^2 = (-4)(-4) = 16
The way is it writte (WITHOUT ANY BRACKETS), makes the result to be negative 16, if there are brackets like this (-4) then the result is 16 but this is not the case.
What is -4^2? - Lust - 2008-08-21
numbers and signs
What is -4^2? - Corn - 2008-08-21
We're smarter than basil, we didn't argue in our first page lulz.