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Simplify -2 * (-3)^2

User Entropo
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Answer:

-18

Explanation:

- 2 × (-3)²

-3 × -3 = 9

- 2 × 9 = -18

User Arvil
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-2 * (-3)^2

First simplify the exponents:

-2 * 9

Now multiply for final answer:

-18

User Bruno Krebs
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