Hello there! With the values of "x" and "y", they fill in the parenthesis. -3 + 5 is 2, because adding into a negative makes the number go up, or just simply subtracting 3 from 5 works as well. However, there is a 0 beside it, so we raise 2 to the 0 power. Anything that is raised to the 0 power is always equal to 1. And there is no other part of the question, so 1 is our answer. The answer is C: 1.
