What is the factored form of polynomial a^8b^4+a^2b^2

Hector and alex traded video games. alex gave hector one fourth of his video games in exchange for 6 video games. then he sold 3 video games and gave 2 video games to his brother. alex ended up with 16 video games. how many video games did alex have when he started?

Fatima plans to spend at least $15 and at most $20 dollars on sketch pads and pencils. if she buys 2 sketchpads, how many pemcils can she buy while staying in her price range? fatima can buy between and pencils. ? (type whole numbers. use ascending? order.)

If the altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, then the two triangles formed are similar to the original triangle and to each other. which set of triangles shows the similar triangles created by the altitude in the diagram?