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When an electrical apprentice substitutes the sensor readings x=2x = -2 and y=3y = 3 into the circuit load formula 2x2xy+3y2{}2x^2 - xy + 3y^2, it is safe to omit parentheses around the negative values, because the standard order of operations will automatically manage the negative signs correctly.

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