Why -2**4 is not 16

Question

output of -2 to the power 4 is -16 .why not giving positive value.

Answer 1

(-2)**4
#See why?
""" You did : -(2**4)"""

Answer 2

try using it (-2)**4
I think just because of operator precedence

Answer 3

The negative sign is applied after the exponent. PEMDAS treats a negative as multiplication (since you are, in essence, multiplying by negative one)