Place a point at each ordered pair remaining in the rule table. 15
Rule 1 Rule 2
12
0
0
9
1
3
6
6
2 3 4
9
3
12
(1,3)
0
X
1
2
3
4
5
(0,0)

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.