Answer:
I got c
Step-by-step explanation:
(a) ![[\frac{9}{2.6} - \frac{2.5^{2} }{2.5} ]^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B9%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B2.5%5E%7B2%7D%20%7D%7B2.5%7D%20%5D%5E%7B2%7D)
Answer:
![[\frac{9}{2.6} - \frac{2.5^{2} }{2.5} ]^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B9%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B2.5%5E%7B2%7D%20%7D%7B2.5%7D%20%5D%5E%7B2%7D)
= ![[\frac{9}{2.6} - \frac{2.5*2.5 }{2.5} ]^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B9%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B2.5%2A2.5%20%7D%7B2.5%7D%20%5D%5E%7B2%7D)
= ![[\frac{9}{2.6} - \frac{2.5}{1} ]^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B9%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B2.5%7D%7B1%7D%20%5D%5E%7B2%7D)
*canceling 2.5 in numerator and denominator*
![= [\frac{9-(2.5)(2.6)}{2.6} ]^2\\*Using L.C.M of 2.6 and 1 which comes out to be '2.6'= [\frac{9-(6.5)}{2.6} ]^2\\= [\frac{2.5}{2.6} ]^2\\*multiplying and dividing by '10'= [\frac{2.5*10}{2.6*10} ]^2\\= [\frac{25}{26} ]^2\\= \frac{25^2}{26^2}\\= \frac{625}{676}\\= 0.925](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B9-%282.5%29%282.6%29%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%5D%5E2%5C%5C%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%2AUsing%20L.C.M%20of%202.6%20and%201%20which%20comes%20out%20to%20be%20%272.6%27%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B9-%286.5%29%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%5D%5E2%5C%5C%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B2.5%7D%7B2.6%7D%20%5D%5E2%5C%5C%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%2Amultiplying%20and%20dividing%20by%20%2710%27%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B2.5%2A10%7D%7B2.6%2A10%7D%20%5D%5E2%5C%5C%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B25%7D%7B26%7D%20%5D%5E2%5C%5C%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B25%5E2%7D%7B26%5E2%7D%5C%5C%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B625%7D%7B676%7D%5C%5C%3D%200.925)
Properties used:
Cancellation property of fractions
Least Common Multiplier(LCM)
The least or smallest common multiple of any two or more given natural numbers are termed as LCM. For example, LCM of 10, 15, and 20 is 60.
(b) ![[[\frac{3x^{a}y^{b}} {-3x^{a} y^{b} } ]^{3} ] ^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5B%5B%5Cfrac%7B3x%5E%7Ba%7Dy%5E%7Bb%7D%7D%20%7B-3x%5E%7Ba%7D%20y%5E%7Bb%7D%20%7D%20%5D%5E%7B3%7D%20%20%20%20%5D%20%5E%7B2%7D%20)
Answer:
![[[\frac{3x^{a}y^{b}} {-3x^{a} y^{b} } ]^{3}] ^{2}\\](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5B%5Cfrac%7B3x%5E%7Ba%7Dy%5E%7Bb%7D%7D%20%7B-3x%5E%7Ba%7D%20y%5E%7Bb%7D%20%7D%20%5D%5E%7B3%7D%5D%20%5E%7B2%7D%5C%5C)
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![= \frac{3x^{2*3a}y^{2*3b}} {-3x^{2*3a} y^{2*3b} } \\= (-1)\frac{3x^{6a}y^{6b}} {3x^{6a} y^{6b} }\\[\tex]*taking -1 common, denominator and numerator are equal*[tex]= -(1)\frac{1}{1}\\= -1](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B3x%5E%7B2%2A3a%7Dy%5E%7B2%2A3b%7D%7D%20%7B-3x%5E%7B2%2A3a%7D%20y%5E%7B2%2A3b%7D%20%7D%20%20%5C%5C%3D%20%28-1%29%5Cfrac%7B3x%5E%7B6a%7Dy%5E%7B6b%7D%7D%20%7B3x%5E%7B6a%7D%20y%5E%7B6b%7D%20%7D%5C%5C%5B%5Ctex%5D%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%2Ataking%20-1%20common%2C%20denominator%20and%20numerator%20are%20equal%2A%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3E%5Btex%5D%3D%20-%281%29%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B1%7D%5C%5C%3D%20-1)
Property used: 'Power of a power'
We can raise a power to a power
(x^2)4=(x⋅x)⋅(x⋅x)⋅(x⋅x)⋅(x⋅x)=x^8
This is called the power of a power property and says that to find a power of a power you just have to multiply the exponents.
15%=3
5%=1
5(20)=100
1(20)=20
So, there are 20 students in the class.
Answer:
83%
Step-by-step explanation:
We can put this into a fraction to get the ratio of the new price over the old price

This will give us the percentage of how much was decreased.
The answer you get is .83
Bring 2 decimal places to the right to get 83 (converting from decimal to percentage)
You get 83 percent to be your answer