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How do you insert parentheses, operation signs, and exponents to make -2 9 = 1 true?

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Feb 15, 2016

${(- 2)}^{3} + 9$ $(-2)^3 +9$

Explanation:

${(= 2)}^{3} = - 2 \times - 2 \times - 2 = = - 8$ $(=2)^3 = -2 xx -2 xx -2 = =-8$

and - 8 + 9 = 1

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