Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

7(-8w^2+5w-7)

-(-2t^2+9t+1)

3/5(1/3x+1/4)

4pounds of live bait and 1 pound of natural bait

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.

X> -2 is the simplified version.