Algebra Examples

$| - 5^{2} + 3^{2} |$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Raise $5$ to the power of $2$ .

$| - 1 \cdot 25 + 3^{2} |$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $25$ .

$| - 25 + 3^{2} |$

Step 1.3

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$| - 25 + 9 |$

Step 2

Add $- 25$ and $9$ .

$| - 16 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 16$ and $0$ is $16$ .

$16$