Calculate the missing amounts for companies a to e

The spring the owner of a sporting good store decreases the price of winter gloves from $10 to $8 each increases the price of swimming goggles from $8 to $10 without doing the math you think the percent decrease in the price of the gloves the same as the percent increase of the goggles explain why or why not

A+b= 17, ab=70, find the value of |a-b|

Abarge can safely haul no more than 400 tons across the river. the barge has an empty weight of 24 tons. the average weight of the railroad cars is 4 tons each.bhow many railroad cars can the barge haul?