Answer
$-16$
Work Step by Step
$-4^2 = -(4^2)$
The exponent is 2, which means that 4 will be multiplied by itself 2 times.
Thus,
$-4^2=-(4^2) = -(4 \cdot 4) = -16$
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - Chapter 2 Review Problem Set - Page 88: 3
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