Rewrite the expression using positive exponents
1. 1/9x^-2y^-1

2. a^-5*a^-8

Two fire-lookout stations are 190 miles apart, with station a directly south of station b. both stations spot a fire. the bearing of the fire from station a is upper n 55 degrees upper e and the bearing of the fire from station b is upper s 60 degrees e. how far, to the nearest tenth of a mile, is the fire from each lookout station?

What is the square root of 45? (step by step working plz)

In right ∆abc shown below, the midpoint of hypotenuse ac is located at d and segment bd is drawn.if ab = 12 and bc = 16, then explain why bd = 10. hint: consider what you know about the diagonals of a rectangle.