Try \(\displaystyle (-1)^2\)why does my graphing calculator say a negative number squared is negative? Says -1 squared = -1
Try \(\displaystyle (-1)^2\)
You see \(\displaystyle -x^2\) is the negative of \(\displaystyle x^2\)
So \(\displaystyle -1^2=-1\) any place.
Well that is Excel, what else do you expect?Except in MS-Excel
where, in a cell:
if you type =-2^2 the display will be 4
if you type =-2^2 + 8 the display will be 12
if you type = 8 - 2^2 the display will be 4