Marcus and Jeremy both evaluated the expression - 5 ^ 2 + 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. The answer is that Marcus is correct can you answer it in 2-3 sentences

Answer 1

Jeremy is incorrect. The correct answer is 28. The error in Marcus's work is that he incorrectly evaluated the exponentiation first, resulting in -5^2 = -25. However, according to the order of operations, the exponentiation should be done after the subtraction, which gives (-5)^2 = 25. Adding 3 to 25 gives the correct answer of 28.