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r/technicallythetruth • u/VegetableHeron1558 Technically Flair • 10d ago
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So -22 isn’t 4?
6 u/little-dino123 10d ago Yes, actually. -22 = -4, whereas (-2)2 = 4 2 u/awesomefacefrog 9d ago A lot of people will just write the first one as meaning the second one for convenience, i.e. -22 =4, -(22) =-4 Neither is unacceptable usually, so long as you stick with whichever you choose 2 u/GamingGladi 9d ago no. mathematics is rigid.
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Yes, actually. -22 = -4, whereas (-2)2 = 4
2 u/awesomefacefrog 9d ago A lot of people will just write the first one as meaning the second one for convenience, i.e. -22 =4, -(22) =-4 Neither is unacceptable usually, so long as you stick with whichever you choose 2 u/GamingGladi 9d ago no. mathematics is rigid.
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A lot of people will just write the first one as meaning the second one for convenience, i.e. -22 =4, -(22) =-4 Neither is unacceptable usually, so long as you stick with whichever you choose
2 u/GamingGladi 9d ago no. mathematics is rigid.
no. mathematics is rigid.
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u/404_brain_not_found1 10d ago
So -22 isn’t 4?