>>>>-2**2
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>>>>what the answer... I lost my bet with my secondary schoolgirl daughter... :(
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>>>If it reads the way I think it does, I'd say 4.
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>>VFP says 4 but online math calculators and mine math engineer friend says -4 and unfortunately my little daughter says -4 too...
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>So that doesn't read as "negative two to the power of two"? If it does, then I'd sure like an explanation of the result being -4.

my math eng. friend says -2**2 mean -1*2**2.

they say (-2)**2 calculate 4...