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Compare the subtraction problems 6/8 - 5/8 = 1/8 and 6/9 - 7/9 = 1/9 why is the answer to the first problem positive and the answer to the second problem negative

Mr. and mrs. wallace have decided to buy a car for $21,600. they finance $15,000 of it with a 5-year auto loan at 2.9% arp. what will be their monthly payment be? a. $268.20 b. $268.86 c. $269.54 d. $387.16 i need !

Joel wants to buy a new tablet computer fram a store having a 20% off sale on all tablets. the tablet he wants has an original cost of $190. he also wants to make sure he has enough money to pay the 5% sales tax. part one joel uses the incorect expression 0.95(190)(0.8) to calculate that the tablet will cost him a total of $144.40. describe his error and write the correct expression part two how much will joel pay for the tablet show your work if you answer this question correctly you will receive a prize of 99 points good luck