What's the difference between $y = {(- x)}^{2}$ $y=(-x)^2$ and $y = - x^{2}$ $y=-x^2$ ?

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What's the difference between $y = {(- x)}^{2}$ $y=(-x)^2$ and $y = - x^{2}$ $y=-x^2$ ?

Working on graphing reflections and I don't get it lol

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-16T02:48:40

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${(- x)}^{2}$ $(-x)^2$ is always a positive number, as any number to the power of 2 is positive ( in this case, the number is (-x) ).
on the other hand, $- (x^{2})$ $-(x^2)$ is completely another thing. $- (x^{2})$ $-(x^2)$ is always a negative number because:
• $x^{2}$ $x^2$ is positive
• $- (x^{2})$ $-(x^2)$ means the opposite of $x^{2}$ $x^2$

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