Mrs. clements is giving a math test with
40 multiple choice questions and 25 fill in the
blanks. what is the ratio of the number of
multiple choice questions on the test to the total
number of questions on the test?

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.