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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...
I think your calculator is interpreting that as -(3^2) and not (-3)^2
Oh derp. Yep it is.
Was better when calcs had a +/- button.
And I remembered the math rule too.
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.