I know this is kinda late, but...
You can solve this easily as long as you remember how to find the volume of a cube. v=a^3, when a means length. The length is 1/2 cm, or .5 cm.
So, v+.5^3, which equals .125 cm. Each cube has a that volume. Now, multiply that by how many actual cubes there are, 96.
96 * .125 = 12
The answer is 2 first you add then multiple
Same case as Pablo's, more or less.
a = price for the desktop
b = price for the laptop
we know the laptop is 150 bucks more than the desktop,
b = a + 150.
how much is 7% of a? (7/100) * a, 0.07a.
how much is 9.5% of b? (9.5/100) * b, 0.095b.
total interests for the financing add up to 303,
0.07a + 0.095b = 303.

how much was it for the laptop? well b = a + 150.
P^-4 x -5p
In properties of exponents, if the exponent is negative then you move the variable with the negative exponent to the denominators place and it changes to positive and the numerator becomes 1.
p^-4=1/(p^4)
Also, if no exponent is present it is understood to be 1.
Keeping this in mind,
p^-4 x -5p
1/(p^4) x -5p^1 substituted p^-4 by 1/p^4 and added ^1 to -5p
-5p^1/p^4 multiplied-5p^1 to 1
-5/p^3 simplified
The answer is 3n-4 because 4 is being subtracted