The first basketball player scored six points in eight minutes the second basketball player scores 10 points in 12 minutes which basketball player scores more points per minute

The second basketball player scores more because 10/12 is more than 6/8

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.