Is there a difference between (-1)^2 vs. -1^2 ?

Afarmer sells 9.5 kilograms of apples and pears at the farmer's market. 4/5 of the weight is the apples and the rest is the pears. how many kilograms of pears did she sell at the farmers market

Atemperature of 1.64◦f corresponds to answer in units of ◦c.

72 the length of a side of a triangle is 36. a line parallel to that side divides the triangle into two parts of equal area. find the length of the segment determined by the points of intersection between the line and the other two sides of the triangle.