Question

15. I need help on this question. How do you do it?

Answer 1

Solution:

Given the expression:

$-5^2$

This expression is evaluated as

$\begin{gathered} -5\text{ multiplied in 2 places} \\ \Rightarrow-5\times-5 \\ =25 \end{gathered}$

Hence,

$-5^2$

is evaluated to be 25