Is 4/8 equivalent to 1/2?

14 pointslet x be the seats in the small van and y the seats in the large van. how many seats does the large van have? a company uses two vans to transport worker from a free parking lot to the workplace between 7: 00 and 9: 00a.m. one van has 9 more seats than the other. the smaller van makes two trips every morning while the larger one makes only one trip. the two vans can transport 69 people, maximum.how many seats does the larger van have?

How to do this , and can some one explain

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. using the properties of integer exponents, match each expression with the correct equivalent expression.