Pete estimates that he has spent $64.50 on supplies for his lawn mower. He charges $12 per lawn for his service. Write a linear model in the form y=mx+b where y represents the amount of profit Pete earns for mowing x number of lawns.

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.