A company loses $5,400 as the result of a manufacturing defect. Each of the 8 owners have agreed to contribute an equal amount, x, to help pay for the losses. Part A
Which expression shows the total loss after the owners contribute some money?

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.