Debbie is making bows that use 1 2 yard of ribbon each. If Debbie has 5 yards of ribbon, how many bows can she make? Choose the division expression and multiplication expression that can be used to solve this problem. A 5 dotmath 1 2 B 5 ÷ 1 2 C 5 dotmath 2 D 5 ÷ 2 Debbie can make bows.

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.