Which is true when you rent?

you build equity in your house.
you are responsible for any repairs.
you pay fewer up–front costs.

I say it's "You pay fewer up-front costs".

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.