Advanced Math practice question

Answer: 4

(−2)² = (−2)(−2) = 4; a negative times a negative is positive.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 2

2 is the magnitude of the base, not its square.

If you answered -4

−4 forgets that the product of two negatives is positive.

If you answered -2

−2 is the base itself.

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