3. Larry invests $4000 in an account. If the account is compounded quarterly at 5% interest rate, how
long will it take for Larry to have $6000 in his
account?

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.