When the fractiin refers to the same whole and have the denominator..explain why you can compare only the numerators

Part a: sam rented a boat at $225 for 2 days. if he rents the same boat for 5 days, he has to pay a total rent of $480. write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that sam has to pay for renting the boat for x days. (4 points)

The sum of the first eight terms of an arithmetic progression is 9m + 14. the fifth term of the06 progression is 2m - 6, where m is a constant. given that the first term of the progression is 26,find the value of the common difference, d and thevalue of m.

Due to bad planning, two of the local schools have their annual plays on the same weekend. while 457 people attend one, and 372 attend the other, only 104 people were able to attend both. how many people went to at least one play?