What does this mean? Specifically the symbol "**" the other numbers don't have it.

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 3 times, he has 8 tokens remaining. he initially had 20 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number tt of tokens james has is a function of gg, the number of games he plays

The volume of a sphere is increased by 6%. calculate the corresponding percentage increased in it area.

The u-drive rent-a-truck company plans to spend $13 million on 320 new vehicles. each commercial van will cost $25 comma 000, each small truck $50 comma 000, and each large truck  $80 comma 000. past experience shows that they need twice as many vans as small trucks. how many of each type of vehicle can they buy?