Tony is taking a 5 year loan in the amount of $15,000. The interest is continuously compounded at an annual rate of 7%. How much will he owe, in dollars, at the end of the loan term? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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.