Type the price per unit in blanks a and b, and choose the best buy. tomato juice, 48 oz. can for $2.49 would = cents per oz. tomato juice, 6-pack of 10 oz. cans for $3.99 would = cents per oz. the best buy would be:

For this case we have two options:
 Option A:
 Tomato juice, 48 oz. can for $ 2.49.
 The unit price is:
 (2.49) / (48) = 0.05 cents per oz.
 Option B:
 Tomato juice, 6-pack of 10 oz. cans for $ 3.99.
 The unit price is:
 (3.99) / (6 * 10) = 0.07 cents per oz.
 
 The best buy would be:
 Tomato juice, 48 oz. can for $ 2.49.

a - base

b - exponent

so,

the base is 8the exponent is 3the exponent tells you to multiply 8 together three timesthe expanded form is 8*8*8