What's an example of a situation in which it is better to find the difference in order to compare two quantities.

Divide. –40 ÷ –5 a –8 b 200 c -200 d 8

Calculate the total payback for a $3,500 loan at 8% annual interest with monthly payments for two years. show all of your steps. use the formula, m = pm(1 + m)^na/(1 + m)^na - 1, as needed.

Anew obstacle course is home to several new types of challenging obstacles. one such obstacle is traversing a 15-stair staircase. to make it more challenging, the stairs are not uniformly spaced. rather, the vertical space between consecutive stairs for the first 10 stairs is 113 feet and the vertical space for the last 5 stairs is 134 feet. what is the total vertical distance traveled ascending and descending the entire 15-stair staircase?