Dana spends 13.75 on a teacup on her grandmother. She spends 4/5 on a coffee mug for her grandfather. How much money does dana spend in all?

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.