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What is the difference between $- 5^{2}$ $-5^2$ and ${(- 5)}^{2}$ $(-5)^2$ ?

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Dec 16, 2014

There is a huge difference.

$- 5^{2}$ $-5^2$ = $- 25$ $-25$
( $- 5^{2}$ $-5^2$ ) = $25$ $25$ "-" is inside of brackets!

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