Evaluate the expression. Do not round your answer. 5-(3^(2))/(2)=

Identify order of operations: Identify the order of operations. According to the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), we first evaluate any expressions inside parentheses, then exponents, followed by multiplication and division from left to right, and finally addition and subtraction from left to right.Evaluate the exponent: Evaluate the exponent. The expression inside the parentheses is 3^2, which means 3 raised to the power of 2. Calculation: 3^2 = 3 * 3 = 9Divide by 2: Divide the result of the exponentiation by 2. Now we divide the result from Step 2 by 2. Calculation: 9 / 2 = 4.5Subtract from 5: Subtract the result from Step 3 from 5. Finally, we subtract the result from Step 3 from 5. Calculation: 5 - 4.5 = 0.5

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Q. Evaluate the expression.

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Do not round your answer.

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5-\frac{3^{2}}{2}=

Identify order of operations: Identify the order of operations. $\newline$ According to the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), we first evaluate any expressions inside parentheses $()$ , then exponents $^{}$ , followed by multiplication $\times$ and division $\div$ from left to right, and finally addition $+$ and subtraction $-$ from left to right.
Evaluate the exponent: Evaluate the exponent. $\newline$ The expression inside the parentheses is $3^2$ , which means $3$ raised to the power of $2$ . $\newline$ Calculation: $3^2 = 3 \times 3 = 9$
Divide by $2$ : Divide the result of the exponentiation by $2$ . $\newline$ Now we divide the result from Step $2$ by $2$ . $\newline$ Calculation: $9 / 2 = 4.5$
Subtract from $5$ : Subtract the result from Step $3$ from $5$ . $\newline$ Finally, we subtract the result from Step $3$ from $5$ . $\newline$ Calculation: $5 - 4.5 = 0.5$