Answer
$-32$
Work Step by Step
According to the expression, the negative sign is not encapsulated by the exponent. Thus, we put the negative sign outside of the parenthesis to obtain:
$-2^{5}=-(2^{5})=-(2\times2\times2\times2\times2)=-32$
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 5 - Exponents and Polynomials - Chapters 1-5 Cumulative Review Problem Set - Page 233: 6
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