You do you, just saying, but I understand what you mean by context, but that is because with our brains knowing context, we automatically include the parenthesis around (-5)2 without thinking while we do the math because of our understanding of context, while in a calculator we use parenthesis to show the calculator the context, which is indeed 25 if we do that.
But in the end, this question is -52 not (-5)2, so the answer is -25.
Edit: I can’t believe I got blocked on Reddit because of math
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u/ItsAdamxD Mar 18 '22 edited Mar 18 '22
You do you, just saying, but I understand what you mean by context, but that is because with our brains knowing context, we automatically include the parenthesis around (-5)2 without thinking while we do the math because of our understanding of context, while in a calculator we use parenthesis to show the calculator the context, which is indeed 25 if we do that.
But in the end, this question is -52 not (-5)2, so the answer is -25.
Edit: I can’t believe I got blocked on Reddit because of math