SOLUTION: {{{ (-5)^2-3 }}}

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Question 84715: +%28-5%29%5E2-3+
Answer by Spec80(9) About Me  (Show Source):
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The problem states:
%28-5%29%5E2-3
The first step is work with with the powers, which in this case is %28-5%29%5E2
This means %28-5%29%28-5%29 . Therefore we can work that out to get:
25-3
And for the last step in the problem we would do 25-3 to get:
22