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

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



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

    Square everything that can be squared first.

    Do multiplication where possible.

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

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


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

    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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