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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.

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Answer:

sup

Explanation:

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

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Explanation:

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

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