By letting

we get derivatives


a) Substitute these into the differential equation. After a lot of simplification, the equation reduces to

Examine the lowest degree term
, which gives rise to the indicial equation,

with roots at r = 0 and r = 4/5.
b) The recurrence for the coefficients
is

so that with r = 4/5, the coefficients are governed by

c) Starting with
, we find


so that the first three terms of the solution are

C the correct answer is C
The reason fractions need a common denominator before adding or subtracting is so that the numbers of pieces you are adding/subtracting are all the same size. Note that the numerator of a fraction just tells you how many pieces you have of that size.
The answer is B. If -0.8 was below the other number, the other number would be above it.