In a certain Algebra 2 class of 26 students, 21 of them play basketball and 7 of them play baseball. There are 2 students who play neither sport. What is the probability
that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball?

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.