(-12)-²= ?
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Step-by-step explanation:

The formatting is a little off on my computer, so please correct me if I am wrong, but your question is .

To solve this, we must square the (-12) which means we do -12*-12 and the negative signs cancel out. This equals to 144, but since it is a negative square, we put this in the denominator like so .

I hope this helps!

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