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Joey tried to evaluate an expression. Here is his work:$\newline$$97 - 3 + 5^3 \div 25 \times 2 \times 3^2$$\newline$$97 - 3 + 125 \div 25 \times 2 \times 9$ {Step $1$}$\newline$$97 - 3 + 5 \times 2 \times 9$ {Step $2$}$\newline$$97 - 3 + 10 \times 9$ {Step $3$}$\newline$$97 - 3 + 90$ {Step $4$}$\newline$$97 - 93$ {Step $5$}$\newline$$4$ {Step $6$}$\newline$Is Joey's work correct?$\newline$(A)No, Joey made a mistake going from the given expression to Step $1$. Joey should have multiplied $2$ and $3$ instead of evaluating exponents. The order of operations says to multiply before you evaluate exponents.$\newline$(B)No, Joey made a mistake going from Step $4$ to Step $5$. Joey should have subtracted $3$ from $97 - 3 + 125 \div 25 \times 2 \times 9$$0$ before adding. The order of operations says to add and subtract from left to right.$\newline$(C)Yes, Joey's work is correct.