Negative exponents work like this:

So, in order to evaluate a negative exponent, you simply have to invert the base, and then raise to the positive equivalent of the exponent.
As an example, here are the first three exercises:



You can work out the rest applying this logic.
The vertex is a minimum point. The y value of the vertex is the lowest point it hits. The graph is going down, the vertex is the lowest point of it
If you were to plot the function y=-x+6, both functions meet at the point (4,2)
9 1/3 / 2/3
9 1/3 = 28/3
28/3 / 2/3
28/3 x 3/2
84/6
14
she needs 14 bags