SOLUTION: My equation is -20/5-(-3)^2 The answer I got using the order of operation is 5 but the algebra calculator says -13. This answer requires me to divide before doing exponent. W

SOLUTION: My equation is -20/5-(-3)^2 The answer I got using the order of operation is 5 but the algebra calculator says -13. This answer requires me to divide before doing exponent. W

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Question 927062: My equation is -20/5-(-3)^2 The answer I got using the order of operation is 5 but the algebra calculator says -13. This answer requires me to divide before doing exponent. Why would I not use order of operation?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-20/5-(-3)^2 has the calculator thinking you mean

but what you really want is

so you need to enclose the denominator 5-(-3)^2 in parenthesis like this:

-20/(5-(-3)^2)
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