Order the simplification steps of the expression below using the properties of rational exponents. Can someone plz help me out..

Ashopper bought a watermelon a pack of napkins and some paper plates in his state there was no tax on food the tax rate on non-food items is 5% the total for the three items he bought was 825 before tags and he paid $0.19 in taxes how much did the watermelon cost

The function a represents the cost of manufacturing product a, in hundreds of dollars, and the function b represents the cost of manufacturing product b, in hundreds of dollars. a(t) = 5t + 2 b(t) = 7t - 2t +4 find the expression that describes the total cost of manufacturing both products, a(t) + b(t). a. 7t^2 - 7t + 2 b. 7t^2 + 3 +6 c. 7t^2 + 7t - 6 d. 7t^2 - 3t + 6

I’ve been trying all day to figure this puzzle out. i need the work for it aswell. it is a factoring polynomials tarsia. the image is below.