Trent knows that 1 pint equals 16 fluid Ounces. His punch recipe calls for 3 pints of pineapple juice. How many fluid ounces of pineapple juice does Trent need?
A. 3 ounces
B.
16 ounces
C. 32 ounces
D. 48 ounces

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.