Clara calex american and canadian stamps. she has six more americans stamps then canadian stamps. the ratio of canadian to american stamps is 3: 5. how many of each kind of stamps does she have.

The ratio is 3 units to 5 units (3:5) We can subtract 3 from 5 to find out the difference between the Canadian stamps and American stamps is 2 units. The questions tells is this difference is 6 stamps, therefore 2 units = 6 stamps. Divide both sides by 2 to get 1 unit = 3 stamps. Lastly, multiply each side of the ratio by 3. 3x3= 9 Canadian stamps and 3x5= 15 American stamps.

15-9=6 so we know the answer is correct

a - base

b - exponent

so,

the base is 8the exponent is 3the exponent tells you to multiply 8 together three timesthe expanded form is 8*8*8