The total weight of a box cannot exceed 17 pounds so far she has packed 3 1/4 pictures two books weighing 1 3/4 pounds and a jacket weighing 1 1/2 how much more can be packed without going over

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.

d. 8

step-by-step explanation:

the given radical expression is:

we can rewrite this as:

we express as square numbers to get;

the exponents will now cancel out to give.

the correct answer is d