Miguel and molly are cyclists. the graph shows the distance miguel biked one day. molly biked at a rate of 0.15 mile per minute. which statement about their speed is true? why

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.

The answer is b: step 2.