Hi

Rewrite the equation as
=((-1)*(-4))*((-1)*(-4))*((-1)*(-4))*((-1)*(-4))

What do you get as result?

Maybe you wanted
=-(A1^4)


Arvi Laanemets


"Giovanni Ciriani" <Giovanni wrote in
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A1 contains -4.
B1 contains the expression -A1^4
The result is supposed to be -256, but instead it is 256.

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