Answer
$-32$
Work Step by Step
The given expression means "the negative of $2^5$."
Thus,
$-2^5 = -(2^5)$
An exponent of 5 means that $2$ will appear as a factor 5 times:
$ = -(2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2)
\\= -32$
Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13:
978-0-13417-894-3
Chapter 1 - Review Exercises - Page 98: 30
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