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Re: Order of operations
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Re: Order of operations


  • Subject: Re: Order of operations
  • From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 17:25:46 -0700

On 05/08/03, Michelle Steiner <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Actually, back in high school in the late 1950s, we were taught about
> the unary minus, and -2^2 was +4. No one ever said anything about an
> implied preceding zero.

And we were taught that a number to any power is: (number)^power
->(-2)^2 = +4
and its negative is: -((number)^power).
->-((-2)^2) = -4
Neither is ambiguous.
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