-4^2-17 I'm so confused on why its -33 because dont two negatives make a positive when mulitplied?

can someone explain why it is -16-17 instead of 16-17?​

The ivring berlin learning center would like a possible net profit of $650,000 on its new resource manual it sells to schools. the fixed costs for producing the manual are $780,000 and the variable cost per package is $19.85. if the estimated unit sales are 1,250,000 units, what selling price unit should the ivring berlin learning center try?