Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-2" was replaced by "^(-2)".

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (5-2) • 55

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  (5)(-2) • 55

Step  3  :

Dividing exponents :

 3.1    5⁵   divided by   5²   = 5^{(5 - 2)} = 5³

Final result :

  125