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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think your calculator is interpreting that as -(3^2) and not (-3)^2

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh derp. Yep it is.

Was better when calcs had a +/- button.

And I remembered the math rule too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.