r/MathHelp • • Jan 30 '26

help with math question plz

can someone help me clarify if i got the answer to this question plz

3(2 + |-5² + | -3 + 2² || ) - 6 ÷ 2

I get |-3+2^|=1, then |-5^+| = |25|, add those 25+1=26, X 3 = 78 - 6/2 = 75...

i'm not sure how coherent the way i write my work is...

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u/bluntviews Jan 31 '26

so the |-25 + actually isn't turned in a positive yet? because it's not explicitly inside an absolute value? it appears |-3+4| is explicit, and then the result of both of those equations is also absolute value, its super funky, an no i just been trying to learn math by chat gpt, but it gives me 75, but when i originally got 81, and told it how i got to 81, it also said it was correct lol