What is -2^2

[kuantum]

kuantum

but that's exactly why it's -4....................................................

sure but if someone were to come up to you and say what's -2^2, would you say "heh, well it depends on your viewpoint of the question!"? no, you would say 4 like anyone.

 

[webby]

sure but if someone were to come up to you and say what's -2^2, would you say "heh, well it depends on your viewpoint of the question!"? no, you would say 4 like anyone.

Actually tbh I would probably answer with -4, and then ask if there are brackets around the -2 if it was a verbal question, if it was written down I would answer as -4 because that is the answer to -2^2

I mean, who is ever going to ask me this question irl if I don't really talk to anyone haha ....

 

[kuantum]

ok boomer

 

[Damon]

ok boomer

Your reaction to webby made my night ngl

 

[Twisty]

The answer is -4, acording to PEMDAS the way it works is not (-2^2) its -(2^2)

 

[webby]

IM NOT A BOOMER.
kuantum Damon

 

[Ledzo]

4

 

[mouse pouch]

bruh yall still talking about this lmao
its good to pull up tho on jailbreak

 

[redchance]

Rando walks up "What's negative two carrot squared."

 

[dryden]

If I was semi-decent at wardening I would have the best questions to ask since I know so many useless facts mouse pouch

 

[mouse pouch]

If I was semi-decent at wardening I would have the best questions to ask since I know so many useless facts mouse pouch

Same man. I'm currently in chemistry and geometry in school and I want to ask some question i.e sin(38= etc etc but its always either 3 or some basic math

 

[Snipeye]

sure but if someone were to come up to you and say what's -2^2, would you say "heh, well it depends on your viewpoint of the question!"? no, you would say 4 like anyone.

Comes down to simply your use of the English language.

If you ask, "What's negative two squared?" The mathematical equation would be (-2)^2.

If you want to ask what's -2^2, you could say, "What's negative one, times two squared?"

The former question would get 4 because that's what you're asking mathematically. The latter would be -4 because that's how the formula is set up as.

 

[kuantum]

a simple proof by contradiction on why -2^2 is not -4.

Prove -2^2 = -4

1. If x = -2 then x^2 = -4.
2. x = sqrt(-4) = undefined or 2i on the complex plane.
3. Therefore, -2^2 CANNOT be -4

QED.

pls remember to put ur parentheses in the question before you ask it

 

[PocketRug]

Technically you must look at how the question is asked

From what I've heard through the voice chat in-game, the question has been "What is negative two squared" this would be translated as (-2)^2 as the question previously states that the (2) is already considered negative before it is squared. This would promptly have the answer equal 4

(-2)^2 = 4

However, if the question is -2^2 then your answer is -4, as the process of "PEMDAS" requires that the squaring of 2 takes place before the negative is applied to the base number. This would make the equation something like this:

(-1)(2^2) = -4