
Anthony T. answered 01/17/24
CS & Math Student | Tutor for Calculus, Algebra, SAT Math
Using the order of operations/PEMDAS, we can see that there are two multiplication terms, 5 x 5 and 1 x 2.
Starting from the left side of the equation, 5 x 5 = 25, therefore 25 - 2 + 1 x 2 .
Then we can do the next multiplication term which gives us, 25 - 2 + 2.
Now the only operations remaining are addition and subtraction. So we can carry out these operations from left to right, which gives us the final answer of 25.