Parent Function y = |x| a. Shift 5 units to the right
b. Shrink horizontally by a factor of 1/3
c. Reflect about the y-axis
d. Shift down 4 units

The answer is biodiversity resulting from new ancestors.

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.