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Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

So I checked this on my smartphone first, and thought maybe the software is just shit… So then I checked it on a Casio scientific calc, and both agree.

-3^2 = -9… And 9 != -9

… Are all the calculators somehow wrong? What’s the math rule I’m forgetting here…

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criitz@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think your calculator is interpreting that as -(3^2) and not (-3)^2

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- Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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  Oh derp. Yep it is.
  
  Was better when calcs had a +/- button.
  
  And I remembered the math rule too.
  
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  - Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    GD I am just realizing how long its been since I did math in my head without a programming language…
    
    I should take a math class again or something and refresh that knowledge.
    
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