The question is worded a bit strangely (in my opinion anyway), but I think your teacher wants you to describe how exponents work.
Let's say we had the expression 
The base is 5 as its the bottom most value (think of something like the base of a tree or building). The exponent is 3.
The exponent of 3 tells the reader to multiply the base 5 by itself 3 times like so
With larger exponents, it becomes more tedious to write out all the repeated multiplications, which is why many calculators have an exponent button to save time.
I think the area of this triangle is 27.1 square cm. Hope it help!
Answer:
AB represents a line segment because the points limit the line from continuing on either end.
If you include the ray on the left side, then it would be considered a ray.
I'll assume the above equation is: 9 - 7x = 7 - 4(2x+3)
* do distributive multiplication
9 - 7x = 7 - 8x - 12
*move like terms
-7x + 8x = 7 - 12 - 9
* solve for x
x = 7 - 21
x = -14
To check, substitute x by its value -14
9 - 7x = 7 - 4(2x+3)
9 - 7(-14) = 7 -4[2(-14) + 3]
9 + 98 = 7 - 4(-28 +3)
107 = 7 - 4(-25)
107 = 7 + 100
107 = 107
