Raquel is reading a book that has 48 pages On Monday she read 1/8 of the book
On Tuesday she read 3/8 of the book
How many pages does she have left to read in order to finish

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.