At a local flower shop, there is a special offer where customers can select a group of flowers and a vase for $29.99. there are 5 different groups of flowers and 10 different vases to choose from for this offer. how many different flower-vase combinations are available for this special offer?

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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.