What are the 'c' like symbols on b and c? what are they called, what are they used for?

Diane owes $387 to her brother. if she debits her bank account $161.25 a month to pay him back, how many months will it take her to pay off the debt?

An airplane consumes fuel at a constant rate while flying through clear skies, and it consumes fuel at a rate of 64 gallons per minute while flying through rain clouds. let c represent the number of minutes the plane can fly through clear skies and r represent the number of minutes the plane can fly through rain clouds without consuming all of its fuel. 56c+64r < 900056c+64r< 9000 according to the inequality, at what rate does the airplane consume fuel while flying through clear skies, and how much fuel does it have before takeoff? the airplane consumes fuel at a rate of gallons per minute while flying through clear skies, and it has gallons of fuel before takeoff. does the airplane have enough fuel to fly for 60 minutes through clear skies and 90 minutes through rain clouds?

Which of the following equations is of the parabola whose vertex is at (4, 3), axis of symmetry parallel to the y-axis and focus at (4, -3)? a.) y+3=1/24 (x+4)^2 b.)y-3=-1/24 (x-4)^2 c.)x-4=-1/24 (y-3)^2