Linda paid $48 for a jacket that was on sale for 25% of the original price. what was the original price of the jacket

$48/x 25%/100
 
48 x 100= 4800
4800 / 25= 192
  $192

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.