Write an expression based on the given description. in spencer’s garden, the number of rose bushes is 7 less than 1.5 times the number of carnation bushes. if the number of carnation bushes is c, then the expression representing the number of rose bushes is 7c – 1.5 1.5c – 7 7(c – 1.5) 1.5(c – 7) .

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.