A boat's value over time is given as the function f(x) and graphed below. Use A(x) = 400(b)x + 0 as the parent function. Which graph shows the boat's value decreasing at a rate of 40% per year?

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.