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Posted on April 2, 2007February 19, 2022 by Denise Gaskins

My algebra students could stand to hear this, too:

(2)(-4x²)ⁿ is not equal to (-8 )ⁿx²ⁿ.

AAAAAARRRRGGGHH!!!!

From Secret Message to My Calculus Students at Learning Curves blog.

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