A farmer has two water tanks that drain at a rate of 2.5 gallons minute. he is considering replacing the existing tanks with new ones, either model s or model t. information about the new tanks is shown below. each tank holds 100 gallons of water and drains at a constant rate. how do the drainage rates of model s and model t compare with the existing tanks?

Ya i could just need to know what type of math

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.