How do you simplify $(3^2 - 3^2) + 5$ using order of operations?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-31T16:43:40

$5$

We actually have very little to calculate.

There are two terms, so we need two answers, but the numbers inside the bracket are the same.

$3^2 - 3^2 = 0$

The expression now reads: $0+5$

The answer is obviously 5.

How do you simplify (3^2 - 3^2) + 5(3^2 - 3^2) + 5 using order of operations?