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Is -5^2 equal to (-5)^2 also ^ is equal to the phrase to the power of

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Answer: yes () just helps seperat the question in this case.

User Ary Jazz
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Answer:

No.

Explanation:

-5^2= -25,

while (-5)^2 = 25 because the "-" (negative) is inside of brackets.

^ is called Exponentiation.

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