Question 1 (Essay Worth 1 points) [Image: Vertical number line ranging from negative 5 to 5.]

On this number line, zero represents sea level. Plot the following points based on the description provided.

• 1.5 above sea level
• absolute value of –4.5
• –2
• opposite of 4
• absolute value of 1
• 2.5 below sea level
• greatest common factor of 8 and 12
• –(–3)
• -3 1/2
• opposite of –5

(01.03 mc) which of the following is a step in simplifying the expression x multiplied by y to the power of 2 over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3, the whole to the power of negative 4. select one: a. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 7 multiplied by y to the power of negative 1. b. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of 12 multiplied by y to the power of negative 12. c. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3. d. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3.