Find the x-intercent(s) and the coordinates of the vertex for the parabola y = -x + 2x + 15. If there is more than one x-intercept, separate them with commas

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.