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(5-(-4)^2)^2)

This is Order of Operations with Signed Numbers. This is very confusing and if someone could provide the steps to do PEMDAS,that would be amazing and help me better understand

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Answer:

121

Explanation:

You are missing a parentheses

Assuming you just mean to close the parentheses

((5-(-4)^2)^2)

The first step is to complete the inside parentheses

PEMDAS

(5-(-4)^2)

Do the exponents first

(5-(16))

-11

Put this in the equation for (5-(-4)^2)

(-11) ^2

121

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