Using paper folding to construct a line perpendicular to a given line through a point

Asquare is dilated by a scale factor of 1.25 to create a new square. how does the area of the new square compare with the area of the original square? a)the area of the new square is 1.25 times the area of the original square. b)the area of the new square is 2.50 times the area of the original square. c)the area of the new square is 1.252 times the area of the original square. d)the area of the new square is 1.253 times the area of the original square.

Afarmer sells 9.5 kilograms of apples and pears at the farmer's market. 4/5 of the weight is the apples and the rest is the pears. how many kilograms of pears did she sell at the farmers market

Explain how the quotient of powers was used to simplify this expression.