Answer:
1(a)1,030,000+0.13x
(b)$1,030,026
2. (a)Base and Index
(b)See Explanation
Ste-by-Step Explanation
(a)Total Amount to be paid to the four actors
=500,000+(300,000+0.02x)+(150,000+0.03x)+(80,000+0.08x)
Collect like terms
=500,000+300,000+150,000+80,000+0.02x+0.03x+0.08x

(b)When x=200

<u>Question 2</u>
(a)The two parts of a power are the base and index.
Take, for example, the expression: 

Another example using numbers is: 
In this case:

(b)Like terms are terms that have the same letter/variable attached to them.
For example, the following pairs are like terms
- 8x and 3x
- 4y and -9y
- 6pq and pq
- 3 and 3
These, however, are not like terms