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Why does the calculator give me -9 as the answer to -3^2?

 Sep 7, 2016
 #1
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it's not a bug it's the correct answer

 Sep 7, 2016
 #2
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you need to type (-3) ^ 2 to get -9 .

 Sep 7, 2016
 #3
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No, (-3)^2 is +9

 

-3^2 is -(3^2) → -9

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Alan  Sep 7, 2016

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