Suppose we have 14 boxes of pastries (each box of a different flavor), each with a scone and a muffin inside. For example, one box has a raspberry muffin and a raspberry scone. How many different ways can we select exactly 5 muffins and 9 scones so that each one is a unique flavor? (Order does not matter)

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.