Which quotient does not belong with the other three? Explain your reasoning.

The third from the top does not belong with the others.

Step-by-step explanation:

With the exception of the 3rd quotient, the expressions all involve powers of the same base.  There is an exponent property that can be used in such a situation:

but the base, a, must be the same in both parts of the quotient!

c. 27 units.

step-by-step explanation:

we are told that in circle a, ∠bae ≅ ∠dae.

we can see from our given diagram that in and ;

, as these are radii of our given circle.

therefore, by sas congruence postulate.

hence, side be will be equal to side de as corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent. so we can set an equation to find the value of x as:

now let us substitute x=17 in the expression for the length of be.

therefore, length of be will be 27 units and option c is the correct choice.