Question text Natalie bought six ice cream cones at $1.69 each. She had to pay a tax of 3%. What was the total cost of her treats (to the nearest cent)? Don't forget to include the $ sign.

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.