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  • Sep 5, 2010, 02:13 PM
    colleenvixen
    -(-4)^2x2-3-1^2
    This the order operation how do I do it -(-4)^2x2-3-1^2
  • Sep 5, 2010, 07:29 PM
    morgaine300

    First, can we clear up that this looks like this:



    Are there any more parenthesis anywhere? Just looks a little weird to me.
  • Sep 6, 2010, 06:25 AM
    Unknown008

    Square everything that can be squared first.

    Do multiplication where possible.

    Then do the remaining operations from left to right.
  • Sep 6, 2010, 02:30 PM
    pauldaoctorpus

    -(-4)^2 * 2 -3 - 1^2
    = -(16)* 2 -3 - 1
    = (-(16) * 2) - 4
    =(-32) - 4
    = -36


    Hope this help
  • Sep 6, 2010, 06:53 PM
    morgaine300

    Pauldaoctorpus, we're not really here to just do their problems for them. Unknown008 got them a start - let them take a crack at it and see if they can do it for themselves.

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