if the first shape is 8 and the and the other one is 6 and blank. since u took 2 from the 8 u have to take 2 from the three so x=1
I believe the answer is a) 3.
Because it looks like she only stopped 4 times, and she must have delivered the groceries to at least one house.
So, that means that the greatest number of stoplights she could have stopped at is 3!
(-8x^6) / (4x^3) can be broken down as (-8/4) * (x^6/x^-3)
you should know that -8/4 is -2
the second part is dividing variables at different powers which is kinda like subtracting powers
think of it as x ^ (6-(-3))
you get x^9
-2 * x ^9
= -2x^9