According to the box-and-whisker plot #1, identify the following: 1) The first quartile

2) The third quartile

3) The lowest, or minimum value (first #)

4) The highest, or maximum value (last #)

According to the box-and-whisker plot #2, identify the following:

5) The 25th quartile

6) The 75th quartile

7) The range

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.