When you are multiplying exponents with the same base, you can add the exponents. This is represented as:

In our case we are multiplying exponents with the same base 8 and exponents -7 and 5. The sum of -7 and 5 is -2, so our answer is
.
Answer:
a) 4 - 
b) 1 - 
c) 6 - 
Step-by-step explanation:
It simply asks the steps to go from the original displacement formula to isolate a (the acceleration). It's just a matter of moving items around.
We start with:

We then move the vt part on the left side, then multiply each side by -1 (to get rid of the negative on the at side and to match answer choice #4):

Then we multiply each side by 2 to get rid of the 1/2, answer #1:

Finally, we divide each side by t^2 to isolate a (answer #6):

8 1/2 would be the answer to this question
I don't know for a fact but I think k=1.125