Marcus and Jeremy both evaluated the expression −52 + 3. Marcus said the answer was −22. Jeremy said the answer was 28. Who is correct? Explain the error in the other student’s work. I know who is correct,

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Answer: Jeremy squared 5 instead of 5. The negative is not within parentheses, so it is not squared.

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Ecesena answered Sep 24, 2017

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Marcus is correct. Jeremy squared -5 instead of 5. The negative is not within parentheses, so it is not squared.

Dols answered Sep 27, 2017

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