So here the denominator is 5 and the numerator is 3. If you double 3, you get 6 and to make the fraction equal to 1, you have to make the denominator 6. So we do 6-5 which is 1
For part a x=0 because anything to the power of 0 is 1
For part b any number could be x, because 7^0 is one and 1 to the power of anything will be 1
Hope this helps!
<u>Story Problem</u>
Mr. Bill Gates bought a house in Italy for
and a house in Canada for
. What is the total cost of the two houses?
we know that
The total cost is the sum of the cost each house
so

therefore
the answer is
The total cost is 