4.18 repeating as a fraction
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The answer is A, 
. This is because when plugging in -2 for x, the expression will look like this: 
. To make the exponent positive, you have to flip it into a fraction. Then it will be 
. Lastly, you simplify the denominator into 81.
Let be the amount of food needed for one man for one day. At the beginning, we have enough food for 400 men for 40 days, i.e.
After 10 days, the 400 men will have consumed
food, impliying that the food remaining is
If 200 more men join the garrison, there are now 600 men. Each of them requires food each day, and there are
units of food remaining. They will last
days.