Tony is watching a bird feeder on Monday and sees a chickadee take four seeds and a cardinal take six seeds. On Tuesday, Tony sees the chickadee take eight seeds and the cardinal take twelve seeds. On Wednesday, the chickadee takes twelve seeds and the cardinal takes eighteen seeds. On Thursday, the chickadee takes sixteen seeds and the cardinal takes twenty-four seeds. If this pattern continues, how many total seeds did each bird take in a week? How many seeds did each bird take on the last day of three weeks? Show all of your mathematical thinking.

(01.03 mc) which of the following is a step in simplifying the expression x multiplied by y to the power of 2 over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3, the whole to the power of negative 4. select one: a. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 7 multiplied by y to the power of negative 1. b. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of 12 multiplied by y to the power of negative 12. c. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3. d. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3.