Easier than it looks, all you have to do is first subtract 13 from 299. You should get 286. Then, you just divide this number by two to get 143. Finally, since it asks for ZENA'S average, you add the 13 back to 143 to get the final answer of the average number of pins Zena took down, which is 156!
ANSWER

EXPLANATION
The given expression is

This is the same as:

In index notation, we write this as

To write this as a negative index, we use the property:

This implies that;

Use this diagram, it might help.
From the inside, whatever that layer is, it can be any of the layers outside of it.
All whole numbers
can be a rational number, but not all rational numbers
be a whole number.
Kind of like all squares can be rectangles, but not all rectangles can be a square.
The whole number has all the attributes of a rational number, but not all rational numbers have all of the attributes of a whole number.
Answer:
width x-9 meters
Step-by-step explanation:
(x²-x-72)÷(x+8)
= x-9