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Explain the difference between (-5)2 and -52. Your answer:

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Answer:

-5(2) is different from -52 because -5(2) equals -10.

Explanation:

-5(x) implies that -5 is being multiplied by x. Any time 2 numbers (one in parenthesis) are next to each other without a symbol inbetween it implies multiplication

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