Annette is surveying people in the city about their interest in a new shopping mall. She found that 180 people, or 30% of those surveyed, do not want a new mall. How many people did Annette survey? (if you answer this may you please show your work)

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.