Explain the difference between -2^4 and (-2)^4, and evaluate each power

Data are collected to see how many ice-cream cones are sold at a ballpark in a week. day 1 is sunday and day 7 is the following saturday. use the data from the table to create a scatter plot.

Which of the following expressions is equal to 2x^2+8

George has seven boxes of five pencils. giulio three boxes of eight pencils. one of the boys arranges all his pencils equally into two groups. was this george or giulio how many are in each group explain