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Rewrite the following without an exponent. (5/8)-1

One of the inventors of integrated circuits observed that the number of transistors that fit on an integrated circuit will double every 24 months. what type of relationship most appropriately models this situation?

Find the area of a parallelogram with the given vertices. p(-2, -5), q(9, -5), r(1, 5), s(12, 5)