What is the correct answer can you guys me pl

First of all, solve the second parenthesis: if we raise a product to a certain power, it is the same as raising each factor to that power:

So, the expression becomes

Now, we multiply the numeric parts:

and the literal part:

So, the answer is

the answer

b. they are parallel and will never intersect.

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