I will change them back to mixed numbers, I just work better with decimals.
F= first number
S= second number
f+s=8.5
f-s=2.25
-2s=-6.25
s=3.125
8.5-3.125= 5.375
The numbers are 3 1/8 and 5 3/8.
Answer:
D. 3/19
Step-by-step explanation:
12/1 = 12
12/2 = 6
12/3 = 4
These are the only ones that make the equation true.
There are also only 19 numbers because they need to be less than 20 like the question indicated. Therefore, the answer is D.
Answer:

Your teacher messed up the question so just put the top right answer and ask your teacher if they did accidently miss-type.
Step-by-step explanation:
The first thing to do in this equation is look at the exponents. When multiplying a variable (or any number equal to itself with the same exponent) you only have to add the exponent. So for a, you would add the exponents to get 0, so a to the power of 0 is 1, because any number to the power of 0 is 1. For b, we would add the 3 and 1. (When no exponenet is present in a number then it is 1, so for this I added 3 and 1). So it would be 4. The correct answer is
