Eric and sue randomly select from a treat bag containing 3 lollipops and 2 gum balls who has greater probability of selecting 1 lollipop and then 1 gumball

21/2 or 5/2

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.