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Let's say you have -2 and you want the absolute value of it. -2 on a number line would be 2 places away from zero making it's absolute value 2. The absolute value of a number will never be negative either.
The square root of x will be evaluated first before the addition of 5. Hence (-3)^2 = 9 and 9 +5 = 14, as per your teacher's answer, which is correct. The answer would not be -4.
