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When you are squaring a negative number does it make a difference if the negative number is in parentheses?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes on some calculators it will make a difference.
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To multipy a number by itself is called what?
Squaring
What is a spare number in math?
you find what number times its self equals the number you are squaring
Is 2i a real number?
No. i = square root of -1, and therefore imaginary. Only by squaring i can you have a real number.
What is the difference between 10 and -15?
10 is a positive number, -15 is a negative number. Also... The difference is 25, -15 is 25 less than 10.
What is the difference between 108 and -16?
Well, all you would have to do to find the difference between a positive and a negative number is change the negative number to a positive number and add it to 108. The answer to this one in particular would be 124. But this method can only be used in the case of a positive and a negative. If you wanted to get the diff. between two positives, simply subtract the larger number (if possible) from the smaller number, and there's your answer.
Is squaring a negative number a negative number?
Yes
Difference between negative number to the second power and negative number in parentheses to the second power?
-3^2 = 9 -(3^2) = -9
Is a negative number in parentisis and negatie or positive number?
If I read the word "and" as "a", then a negative number in parentheses is a negative number.
When squaring a negative number if the factor is a negative and the exponent is positive will your answer be negative or positive?
If you square any real number it will always be positive.
How do you tell the difference between scientific notation and squaring?
Squaring is a number raised to the power of two. Scientific notation is a number multiplied by 10 to the power of a number.
What does the number in parentheses mean on balance sheet line item?
the number is negative.
What about if negative 2 is in the bracket and the squared is outside the bracket?
Then the answer becomes 4, the fact that you are squaring a negative number makes the result positive.
When a negative number is parenthesis would it be a positive number?
No. Parentheses have no direct effect on the sign of a number.
What does a number in parentheses mean when you check your balance on a card?
This means you have a negative balance.
On a commission statement if the number is in parentheses is it negative?
Accountants use those pointy parentheses that look like this: <> to indicate negative numbers. If your account reads <14.25> it means you owe $14.25
What increase faster doubling a number or squaring?
Squaring. Doubling is only multiplying a number by 2, whereas, squaring is multiplying a number by itself :)
How would you show multiplying a negative number by a positive number?
by either putting the negative number first, or by putting the negative number in parentheses. Like this: -9*1=-9 1*(-9)=-9
