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Its the bodmas rule. Wolfram is interpreting -2^2 to mean -(2^2). I am sure if you write (-2)^2 in wolfram, it will give you 4. http://www.mathsisfun.com/opera
by param 16y ago
Its the bodmas rule. Wolfram is interpreting -2^2 to mean -(2^2). I am sure if you write (-2)^2 in wolfram, it will give you 4.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html
- sandipc 16y agointeresting, I've never heard of BODMAS... just PEMDAS. Same thing, different acronym. (parentheses, exponents, multiply/divide, add/subtract)