HELP Please number your responses to the questions as they are shown (1, 2a, and 2b).

A student in your class says the following.

"I'm having a hard time with this lesson, because the rules for rational exponents are so different than the rules for integer exponents."

Write a response to your classmate's comment. State whether you agree or disagree with the comment and why.

a. Choose one of the rules for rational exponents. Explain it to your classmate using complete sentences.

b. Create a problem and use it to show your classmate how your strategy works. Use complete sentences in your explanation.

Mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.