McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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2. Order of Operations
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Exercise 39 Page 13

a^2=a* a

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Practice makes perfect
The expression 4^2, or 4 squared, means that we need to multiply 4 by itself.

4^2=4* 4 To calculate this, we can type either 4^2 or 4* 4 in the calculator. Both expressions give us the same answer.