Bertha and vernon are competing in a diving competition. bertha's dive ended -32 m from the starting platform. vernon's dive ended -4 m from the starting platform. how many times farther was the end of bertha's dive than the end of vernon's dive?

What you must do for this case is a division to find the number of times that Bertha submerges with respect to Vernon.
 We have then:
 Bertha's dive ended = -32 m
 Vernon's dive ended -4 m
 N = (Bertha's dive ended) / (Vernon's dive ended)
 N = (- 32) / (- 4)
 N = 8
 
 Bertha's dive was 8 times farther than the end of Vernon's dive