1.5^-2. how do i simplify that? the ^ means -2 is an exponant

Tim's phone service charges $26.39 plus an additional $0.21 for each text message sent per month. if tim's phone bill was $31.64, which equation could be used to find how many text messages, x, tim sent last month?

Sam is a waiter at a local restaurant where he earns wages of $5 per hour sam figures that he also eams about $3 in tips for each person he serves sam works 6 hours on a particular day. if n represents the number of people sam serves that day, which of the following functions could sam use to figure ehis total earings for the do o a. en) = 30 o b. en) = 5n+ 18

Solve for x in the equation x2 - 12x + 36 = 90. x= 6+3x/10 x=6+2/7 x= 12+3/22 x = 12+3/10