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This one is tricky.. depending how you write it.

(-5)2 would be -5*-5. That would be 25.

-52 would be -5*5. That would give you -25. The reason why this one is different is it only squares the number, while the negative stays .

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5 to the 2nd power is 5 multiplyed by 5 it equals 25

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5-2 = 1 / 52 = 1 / 25 = 0.04

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