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If you have -2 and you square it do you have 4 or -4?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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(-2)2 = (-2)(-2) = 4 (when we raise a negative number to an even power, the result is always positive)

(-2)3 = (-2)(-2)(-2) = -8 (when we raise a negative number to an odd power, the result is always negative)

(-3)4 = 81

(-3)5 = -243

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