Basic Math Examples

$5^{2 - 2^{2}}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

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

$5^{2 - 1 \cdot 4}$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$5^{2 - 4}$

Step 2

Subtract $4$ from $2$ .

$5^{- 2}$

Step 3

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{5^{2}}$

Step 4

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

$\frac{1}{25}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{25}$

Decimal Form:

$0.04$