Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
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Chapter P - Section P.2 - Exponents and Scientific Notation - Exercise Set - Page 30: 6

Answer

$-16$

Work Step by Step

Start with expression: $-2^{4}$ We multiply $2$ by itself 4 times to compute $2^{4}$: $(2)\times(2)\times(2)\times(2)=16$ We take the negative of this to find the answer: $-2^{4}=-16$
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