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Easy! What is -6^2? The calculator says -36, but -6*-6 is 36. Confusing.
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Easy! What is -6^2? The calculator says -36, but -6*-6 is 36. Confusing.

User Kemat Rochi
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You entered;


-6^(2)=(-1)(6)(6)=(-1)(36)=-36

In order to get the answer that you intended;


(-6)^(2)=(-6)(-6)=36

User TechZen
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It would be 36. Cause 2 negatives cancels out
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