The distributive property for division helps in solving expressions like \({b + c \over a}\). It specifies that the result of dividing a fraction with multiple terms in the numerator and one term in the denominator can be obtained by dividing each term individually and then totaling the results: \({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\). For example, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 12 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 3 crews so there are \( \frac{12}{3} \) = 4 workers on a crew. 7 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 4 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 7 x 4 = 28 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 12 workers so they need to add 28 - 12 = 16 new staff for the busy season.

To take the square root of a fraction, break the fraction into two separate roots then calculate the square root of the numerator and denominator separately:

\( \sqrt{\frac{81}{49}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{81}}{\sqrt{49}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{9^2}}{\sqrt{7^2}} \)
\( \frac{9}{7} \)
1\(\frac{2}{7}\)

By buying two shirts, Ezra will save $34 x \( \frac{20}{100} \) = \( \frac{$34 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{$680}{100} \) = $6.80 on the second shirt.