For an employee training, the employee to instructor ratio is 24 to 2. If there are 31 instructors for the training, how many employees participated in the training? A.
372
B.
248
C.
620
D.
496

Consider this expression and the steps to evaluate it. 4^5(−2)^9/4^8(−2)^3 1. apply the quotient of powers:      (−2)^a/4^b 2. evaluate powers:           c/d select the value of each variable. a = _ b = _ c = _ d = _