Exponents with Negative Bases | Math with Mr. J

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  • Welcome to Exponents with Negative Bases with Mr. J! Need help with exponents (aka - powers)? You're in the right place!
    Whether you're just starting out, or need a quick refresher, this is the video for you if you're looking for help with negative numbers and exponents. Mr. J will go through exponents with negative base examples and explain the steps of how to evaluate exponents with negative bases.
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    ✅ Dividing Exponents with the Same Base: • Dividing Exponents wit...
    ✅ Power of a Power: • Power of a Power | Exp...
    ✅ Exponents with a Negative Base: • Exponents with Negativ...
    ✅ Negative Exponents: • Negative Exponents | H...
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    Have a great rest of your day and thanks again for watching!

Komentáře • 214

  • @MathwithMrJ
    @MathwithMrJ  Před 2 lety +38

    ✅ Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate you ✌️✌️✌️
    ✅ Just a quick thought on #3, or any exponent for that matter... You can pair off (-3)’s. This is another way to get to the solution. Do (-3) times (-3) = 9 and then the other (-3) times (-3) = 9 as well. You can then do 9 times 9 which equals 81. In other words, you do not have to multiply one (-3) by (-3) at a time. You can pair numbers off as you evaluate an exponent and then multiply the products.
    ✅ Remember, when working with negative bases with parentheses, an EVEN exponent will result in a positive solution. An ODD exponent will result in a negative solution. Something to keep in mind.

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    @Col.Omen6667 Před 9 měsíci +23

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      @sopa3124 Před rokem

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  • @joshuasiaron5086
    @joshuasiaron5086 Před 2 lety +26

    Basically, if the base is negative and the exponent is even, you'll get a positive answer. If the exponent is odd, you'll get a negative answer? Am I right?

    • @nejaroshani202
      @nejaroshani202 Před 2 lety +8

      Yep! You are right!👍🏽 ✅
      Just remember that this only works if we have those brackets around the number.

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    @lynlynmiranada Před rokem

    what if the positive sign is outside the parenthesis?

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  • @Brendon_Xu_The_Big_B
    @Brendon_Xu_The_Big_B Před 2 lety +3

    What about negative base number with decimal exponents?
    Something like -2^1.5
    How will it work? Is it going to be a positive or negative answer?

    • @FuckingHostile496
      @FuckingHostile496 Před rokem +2

      Imaginary answer. You write -2 as 2 × i^2 but after that I'm also lost.

    • @FuckingHostile496
      @FuckingHostile496 Před rokem +1

      Actually now that I look at it its stupid easy
      (-2)^1.5 = (2*i^2)^1.5 = 2^1.5 * i^(2*1.5) = 2 ^ (3/2) * i^3 = square_root(2^3) * i^2 * i = -2 *square_root(2) * i
      Or you could go like this
      (-2)^1.5= 2^1.5 * (-1)^1.5 = 2*square_root(2) * (-1)*square_root(-1) =2*square_root(2) * (-1)*i = -2i*square_root(2)
      I don't know how i didn't see this in the beginning.

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  • @OliverYehle
    @OliverYehle Před 11 měsíci

    What if it is -(-5)^2?

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  • @JDJ_8007
    @JDJ_8007 Před 8 měsíci +1

    A number with parenthesis and without parenthesis DIFFERENCE:
    Example, we assign x as 5:
    (-5)² = (-5)•(-5) = 25
    Raising a negative base that is inside the parenthesis causing to have the result positive because -(-x) equals x.
    -5² = -25
    Raising a negative base without the parenthesis only affects the number but not the integer so it remains the same integer.
    I hope this helps!

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    what if its (-1) squared by 15 will the answer be -1?

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  • @lynalouna2479
    @lynalouna2479 Před 11 měsíci

    🤔But if I assume that the "-" sign is always in front of the first digit.
    -5² = -5 × 5 = -25
    Does this work in every case?
    Thanks for your response!

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    @cherrykaung5030 Před 2 měsíci

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  • @IamNotPro_BG
    @IamNotPro_BG Před 2 lety

    So if we have a power which is odd the answer will be negative either with parentheses or without parentheses

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  • @Ausar0
    @Ausar0 Před rokem +2

    I can't help but feel like these should be the other way around.
    It makes much more sense to say that -5^2 could be interpreted as -5*-5 by default, and that if you wanted the other way, THEN you'd specify the difference with -(5^2) or -1(5^2).
    I don't know if ANYBODY would intuitively look at -5^2 and say "-25".
    It doesn't even have anything to do with PEMDAS. The only multiplication happening is the multiplication of the -5 with itself.

    • @MathwithMrJ
      @MathwithMrJ  Před rokem +2

      Love the thought behind this! Thank you for sharing. I actually agree, intuitively, you would think that -5^2 would mean -5 * -5.

    • @MichiganTrikker
      @MichiganTrikker Před 9 měsíci

      @@MathwithMrJ - take the function y = -x² and I fully expect that to be a parabola pointing down, under the axis, and not above it. So, it seems fully intuitive to me.

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