3B. To figure out a special number, Tammi’s mother was supposed to double her age and then add 4. Instead, Tammi’s mother added 4 to her age and then doubled that number. Tammi’s mother thought the special number was 80. What was the special number supposed to be?

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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.