Stamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 27 days agoTell me I'm wrong. TELL ME I'M WRONG.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoIs it though? Doesn’t it have to be (x)² then? Because -5² = -25 ?
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoIf you multiply a negative number with a negative number you get a positive number.
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-227 days agoWell that is not debatable, I am talking about the difference between -5² = -25 and (-5)² = 25
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoI edited my comment before you posted your comment. You’re right.
minus-squarereliv3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-227 days agoOpen desmos. Graph y = x^2. Then graph y = (x)^2. Recognize that both graphs are identical. Realize the flaw in your argument.
minus-squareCharzard4261@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoNo they’re wrong in mathematics too. -5^2 is -25, but -5^2 is not the same as x^2 where x= -5. No brackets needed on x.
minus-squarepolysexualstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoNo, because what you are doing isn’t x^2 with x=-5. It is -x^2 with x=5.
Is it though? Doesn’t it have to be
(x)²then? Because-5² = -25?If you multiply a negative number with a negative number you get a positive number.
Well that is not debatable, I am talking about the difference between
-5² = -25and(-5)² = 25I edited my comment before you posted your comment. You’re right.
Open desmos. Graph y = x^2. Then graph y = (x)^2. Recognize that both graphs are identical. Realize the flaw in your argument.
No they’re wrong in mathematics too. -5^2 is -25, but -5^2 is not the same as x^2 where x= -5. No brackets needed on x.
No, because what you are doing isn’t x^2 with x=-5. It is -x^2 with x=5.