9th grade algebra homework ? ?

in the formula h(t)=1/2gt^2+v0t+h0, v0 is the ( 1 and h0 is the (

Vo0is the initial velocity
and H0 s the intial distance

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.