Question

how to do question 1 and 2

Answer 1

For the question 2
the square root of a is a^(1/2)
so you can multiply a^2 and a^(1/2)
to get a^2.5
(a^3)^2 is equal to a^6
Divide a^2.5by a^6
The answer is a^(-3.5)
or 1/a^(3.5)