Gwen says that the sum of -1 3/4 and 2 1/2 is the same as the difference between 2 1/2 and 1 3/4. Is Gwen correct? Explain why or why not?

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.