An apartment costs $875 per month to rent. The owner raises the price by 20% and then gives a discount of 8% to renters who sign an 18-month lease. How much less do renters who sign an 18-month lease pay per month to rent the apartment?

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.