If a country's debt-to-gdp ratio is 84%, the country is producing more than it is borrowing.

a. true
b. false

I had the same question believed the last comment failed so im telling you its correct. 

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.