https://prepswift.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz/prepswift-operations-with-negatives (Question 6)
would this not be different if it was not specified that it was in brackets and the exponent was affecting the sign as well?
(\text{negative})^\text{even} is the required interpretation, right?
-(\text{positive})^\text{even} would be the “negative of a positive number raised to an even power.”
I agree, I’m confused with the answer for that reason. I answered assuming the numbers were not in parentheses, which would mean adding two negative numbers, making the sum always less than zero.