Leah is running a bake sale for her crew team. She pays $45 for supplies to get started. In addition, it costs about $0.50 to make each item. If baked good items sell for $2 each, determine how many items Leah and her team will need to sell in order to break even.

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?