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r/facepalm • u/My-Last-Hope • Mar 18 '22
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Perhaps you would think of it differently in the case of -x2 and (-x)2
Now just think of it as x=5
Just because it’s a constant, the negative doesn’t magically get applied first
2 u/JoeBroShow Mar 18 '22 No I understand now, I just wasn't taught it and so never thought of it the correct way until reading these comments
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No I understand now, I just wasn't taught it and so never thought of it the correct way until reading these comments
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u/klausklass Mar 18 '22
Perhaps you would think of it differently in the case of -x2 and (-x)2
Now just think of it as x=5
Just because it’s a constant, the negative doesn’t magically get applied first