Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Chapter 1 - Foundations for Algebra - 1-7 The Distributive Property - Mixed Review - Page 52: 95

Answer

-25

Work Step by Step

In order to follow order of operations, we raise 5 to the second power and then multiply by -1. Thus, we obtain: $-1\times(5^{2}) \\\\ =-1 \times (5\times 5) \\\\ = -1 \times25 =-25$
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