5 + -8 = -3.
So the answer would be -8.
Exponential form has the little number exponent at the top but sadly I can only represent that here with a ^ meaning to the power of.
5y^4*x^3
B is correct. Substitute the week number for w in the function. Follow order of operations and you should get you N, the number of fruit flies for that week. For instance week 2:
N= 2(5)^2-1
N=2(5)^1
N=2(5)
N= 10
N= 10 corresponds to the table
I do not answer I mean College and I passed it